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A PAIR OF GERMAN PARCEL-GILT, POLYCHROME AND RED-JAPANNED FAYENCE VASES AND COVERS

PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1840, COIN MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE

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A PAIR OF GERMAN PARCEL-GILT, POLYCHROME AND RED-JAPANNED FAYENCE VASES AND COVERS
PROBABLY BERLIN, CIRCA 1840, COIN MARKS IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
Each of baluster form and with domed cover surmounted by a cockerel, decorated in imitation of Chinese lacquer with figures in exotic landscapes and foliate sprays with birds and insects, divided by grotesques and strapwork reserves, the base rim with stylised half flower heads and leaf-tips, the underside with coin mark in underglaze blue
37 in. (94 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Related example with a rooster surmounting the domed lid are illustrated in M. Kopplin, Europäische Lackkunst, Münster, 1999, cat. 30, pp. 184-187 and W. Holzhausen, Lackkunst in Europa, Munich, 1982, pp. 271-281, while a pair of identical shape though slightly smaller in size was sold at Christie's, New York, 22 May 2002, lot 458.

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