A CHELSEA BALUSTER VASE painted in a bright palette with exotic birds perched on the branches of a knarled tree in a landscape vignette, the reverse and neck with scattered butterflies and insects, with a gilt band to the lower part of the neck and gilt footrim (some misfiring to glaze and enamels, slight rubbing to gilt footrim), circa 1756 | Christie's

Lot 47

A CHELSEA BALUSTER VASE painted in a bright palette with exotic birds perched on the branches of a knarled tree in a landscape vignette, the reverse and neck with scattered butterflies and insects, with a gilt band to the lower part of the neck and gilt footrim (some misfiring to glaze and enamels, slight rubbing to gilt footrim), circa 1756

Details

A CHELSEA BALUSTER VASE painted in a bright palette with exotic birds perched on the branches of a knarled tree in a landscape vignette, the reverse and neck with scattered butterflies and insects, with a gilt band to the lower part of the neck and gilt footrim (some misfiring to glaze and enamels, slight rubbing to gilt footrim), circa 1756
21cm. high

Provenance

The late James Danson, sale Sotheby's, 19 March 1963, lot 24

Literature

Margaret Legge, op. cit., p. 62, no. 137

Exhibited

Flowers and Fables, no. 137

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