A PAIR OF TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU AND CHINESE SANG-DE-BOEUF PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASES with fluted foliate collars and acanthus-scrolled handles, the moulded bases cast with C-scrolls and foliage on scrolled feet, one vase repaired, the porcelain replaced in the second quarter of the nineteenth Century with additional ormolu collars to fit the mounts

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A PAIR OF TRANSITIONAL ORMOLU AND CHINESE SANG-DE-BOEUF PORCELAIN BALUSTER VASES with fluted foliate collars and acanthus-scrolled handles, the moulded bases cast with C-scrolls and foliage on scrolled feet, one vase repaired, the porcelain replaced in the second quarter of the nineteenth Century with additional ormolu collars to fit the mounts
12¼in. (31cm.) high (2)

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A vase with almost identical ormolu collars, part of a garniture of three vases, was sold from the Keck Collection, Sotheby's New York, 5-6 December 1991, lot 218

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