A pair of ormolu-mounted Sevres-pattern dark-blue ground silvered and gilt vases and covers

IN THE HISPANO-MAURESQUE STYLE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A pair of ormolu-mounted Sevres-pattern dark-blue ground silvered and gilt vases and covers
In the Hispano-Mauresque Style, Last quarter 19th Century
Each decorated all over with panels of silvered and gilt foliage and scrolls, the steeply-domed cover with cupola-shaped finial, above the waisted neck and tapering body, with a pair of enamelled ormolu handles with pierced scroll terminals, on circular spreading foot and square base
25¾ in. (65.3 cm.) high (2)

Sale room notice

Please note that these vases are platinumed rather than silvered as catalogued.

Lot Essay

These vases are an interpretation of the Great vase from the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. It is part of a group known as 'The Alhambra Vases', from the Nasrid period, dating from the late 13th/early 14th Century. These vases are decorated with gold on a white ground (see Al-Andalus, The Art of Islamic Spain, Exhibition Catalogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1992, p. 356.)

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