A PAIR OF NYMPHENBURG MATTE BLUE AND BURNISHED GOLD-GROUND VASES

CIRCA 1825, IMPRESSED SHIELD MARKS, INCISED NUMERALS

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A PAIR OF NYMPHENBURG MATTE BLUE AND BURNISHED GOLD-GROUND VASES
CIRCA 1825, IMPRESSED SHIELD MARKS, INCISED NUMERALS
Each of Campana urn form on a square base, the reeded bracket handles with gilt antique female mask terminals
11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 14 November 1989, lot 63.

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Lot Essay

See Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan, Sammlung Bäuml, Stuttgart, 1997, p. 286, no. 923 for the form of these vases (Vase No. 21 'mit Frauenkopfhenkelen') and no. 924 for a similar vase decorated with the same matte blue ground with gold.

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