A PAIR OF FRENCH PORCELAIN LILAC-GROUND ORMOLU-MOUNTED TWOHANDLED OILLAMP VASES, gilt and painted in colours; one with a young peasant reclining over a laid table, the other with his lady companion, both counting money and wearing Neapolitan costume, with 'trompe 'oeuil' ring handles, on short pedestal, one with removable oil container, with Louis XVI-style mounts (both fitted for electricity), 19th Century

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A PAIR OF FRENCH PORCELAIN LILAC-GROUND ORMOLU-MOUNTED TWOHANDLED OILLAMP VASES, gilt and painted in colours; one with a young peasant reclining over a laid table, the other with his lady companion, both counting money and wearing Neapolitan costume, with 'trompe 'oeuil' ring handles, on short pedestal, one with removable oil container, with Louis XVI-style mounts (both fitted for electricity), 19th Century
53.5 cm high

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