A PAIR OF PARIS GOLD-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BLACK MUSEUM NO. 6895. L

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A PAIR OF PARIS GOLD-GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BLACK MUSEUM NO. 6895. L
Each of baluster form, flanked by two upright female-herm handles with acanthus terminals, the front painted with a river landscape, the reverse with a bouquet including roses, convolvulus, and tulips, all on a gold-ground chased with vermiculae, on a conforming socle and square base
14 in. (35.6 cm.) high, the slightly larger (2)

Lot Essay

The slight discrepancy in size between this pair of vases is most likely due to the painter pulling two vases off the shelf that fired slightly differently. In every other respect they are a pair and most likely started out life together.

The shape of the present vases and the molding of the handles is similar to examples by Darte Frères and Nast. See Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, Porcelain of Paris, 1770-1850, New York, 1972, p. 191, pl. 142 for a Darte Frères vase in the same vein.

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