#7184 • Monumental Sèvres-Style Cobalt Porcelain Floor Urn with Gilt Bronze Mounts and Hand-Painted Rococo Scenes, 68"H

Part of $15 Million | Part 2 | McLean Mansion on the Potomac | Online Estate Auction (live auction by Prime Auction Solutions)

High bid $800.00

Status: Sold

A monumental Sèvres-style cobalt-ground porcelain floor urn, richly adorned with gilt-bronze (ormolu) mounts and hand-painted Rococo genre reserves, likely made as a grand decorative statement piece for a hall or salon. The ovoid body is encircled by large painted cartouches depicting fête galante / pastoral courtship scenes in the manner of 18th-century French taste, with fine brushwork to faces, drapery, and landscape, and a raised jeweled-style enamel border accenting the principal figure groupings.\n\nThe porcelain is framed by substantial gilt-bronze strapwork, including scrolling foliate brackets and twin loop handles terminating in classical female masks, a sculptural detail that reinforces the Louis XVI–to–Rococo revival vocabulary. Above, the cobalt neck and domed cover are enriched with dense gilt ornament—bands of scrolling foliage, lattice-and-palmette motifs, and circular medallions—culminating in a finial. The urn is raised on a pedestal base with fluted gilt collaring and further gilt decoration, the deep blue ground providing strong contrast to the burnished metalwork and painted reserves.Such Sèvres-style metal-mounted porcelain showpieces are typically associated with later decorative production inspired by the famed Manufacture de Sèvres tradition, created to evoke French royal interiors through cobalt “bleu” grounds, lavish gilding, and narrative painting. The piece shows repair on the backside. See photos. If displayed near a wall, the rear repair would not be visible. Size: 30 x 18 x 68"