Lot Essay
See S.M. Voskuil-Groenewege & A. Lang, Ansbacher und Den Haager Porzellan, Ansbach, 1980, pp.74-75 and ill.52 and 53 for comparable neoclassical objects.
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1785-1790, MARKED WITH AN UNDERGLAZE BLUE STORK
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A pair of the Hague decorated Ansbach porcelain neoclassical vases and covers
1785-1790, marked with an underglaze blue stork
The waisted urn vases painted in colours and decorated with two wreathed lilac-ground medallions depicting a cameo portrait in profile of Roman Emperors, flanked by two ram's head (aegricanes) male mascaroons holding a ring, the upper part with a vitruvian scroll, the lower pedestal part fluted, on square high base, the domed cover en suite with pomegranate finial
31 cm. high
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1785-1790, marked with an underglaze blue stork
The waisted urn vases painted in colours and decorated with two wreathed lilac-ground medallions depicting a cameo portrait in profile of Roman Emperors, flanked by two ram's head (aegricanes) male mascaroons holding a ring, the upper part with a vitruvian scroll, the lower pedestal part fluted, on square high base, the domed cover en suite with pomegranate finial
31 cm. high
See illustration (2)
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