A LARGE VIENNA STYLE BLUE-GROUND VASE AND COVER ON FIXED STAND

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A LARGE VIENNA STYLE BLUE-GROUND VASE AND COVER ON FIXED STAND
CIRCA 1902, BLACK DECORATOR'S MARK FOR FRANZ DORFL, THE BODY SIGNED F. DORFL COP., V. BROCIK NO. 101, THE PEDESTAL SIGNED F. KIEBL, 450 AND 905

Of baluster form, the body painted with a continuous scene of Columbus supplicating the Spanish court of Ferdinand and Isabella for their support prior to embarking for the 'Western Lands', identified in German below, the pedestal with further painted panels of mythological figures attended by putti reserved on a cobalt-blue ground gilt with panels of arebesques and scroll work, finial restuck, star crack to cover interior, chip to base
52in. (132cm.) high