Lot Essay
Two pairs of virtually identical vases were sold, Sotheby's New York, 5 November 1998, lots 244-245 ($40,250 and $28,750).
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LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF RUSSIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED BLUE CUT-GLASS VASES
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with a ball-and-reed cast rim above a tapering ovoid body with leaf chased and foliate scroll handles on a lotus-cast waisted socle and a square plinth
10 in. (25 cm.) high (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with a ball-and-reed cast rim above a tapering ovoid body with leaf chased and foliate scroll handles on a lotus-cast waisted socle and a square plinth
10 in. (25 cm.) high (2)
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