Lot Essay
Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, French (1707-1788)
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MID 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S AND VARIOUS PAINTER'S NUMBERS, THE ORMOLU MASKS A LATER ADDITION
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A PAIR OF FRENCH BLUE-GROUND SHIELD-SHAPED VASES
MID 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S AND VARIOUS PAINTER'S NUMBERS, THE ORMOLU MASKS A LATER ADDITION
Each finely painted front and back in the manner of Buffon with a collage of bird specimen in wooded landscapes within a gilt scrollwork surround, the shoulder set with cast Egyptian pharoah masks above moulded pilaster busts, on a conforming socle and square base, above a stepped rosso antico marble base
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high (2)
MID 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S AND VARIOUS PAINTER'S NUMBERS, THE ORMOLU MASKS A LATER ADDITION
Each finely painted front and back in the manner of Buffon with a collage of bird specimen in wooded landscapes within a gilt scrollwork surround, the shoulder set with cast Egyptian pharoah masks above moulded pilaster busts, on a conforming socle and square base, above a stepped rosso antico marble base
13 3/8 in. (34 cm.) high (2)