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CIRCA 1880, SIGNED L. MALPASS
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A PAIR OF PARIS TURQUOISE-GROUND VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1880, signed L. MALPASS
Each elongated oviform vase with domed cover, branch handles trailing moulded roots and flowering vines at the shoulder, each painted with the three-quarter portrait of a Levantine beauty on a ground of flowering arabesques reserved within a brown ogival cartouche decorated in platinum with stylized scallops on the turquoise ground gilt with scattered lozenges made from crescents, the symbol of Turkey, raised on a gilt pierced fretwork square base
21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) high (4)
Circa 1880, signed L. MALPASS
Each elongated oviform vase with domed cover, branch handles trailing moulded roots and flowering vines at the shoulder, each painted with the three-quarter portrait of a Levantine beauty on a ground of flowering arabesques reserved within a brown ogival cartouche decorated in platinum with stylized scallops on the turquoise ground gilt with scattered lozenges made from crescents, the symbol of Turkey, raised on a gilt pierced fretwork square base
21¾ in. (55.2 cm.) high (4)