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A Sevres baluster vase (vase a l'oignion)
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A Sevres baluster vase (vase a l'oignion)

1759, BLUE INTERLACED LS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER G, PAINTER'S MARK OF BUTEUX

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A Sevres baluster vase (vase a l'oignion)
1759, blue interlaced Ls enclosing date letter G, painter's mark of Buteux
Of quatrefoil section, painted with two groups of musical and pilgrims' trophies entwined with flower garlands and with scattered flowers between blue line, gilt dash and gilt line rims (minute shallow chip to underside of foot, slight wear to gilt line above foot)
6¼ in. (16 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Similar examples, painted with flowers, are illustrated by Tamara Préaud and Antoinette Fäy-Hallé, Porcelaines de Vincennes, Les Origines de Sèvres Exhibition Catalogue, Grand Palais, Paris 1977-1978, p. 144, nos. 432-436.

Charles Buteux (later père), a painter of figures, trophies and flowers, was active at Sèvres from 1756 to 1782.

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