Lot Essay
L. Malpass is recorded in the late 19th century at the atelier of Paul Blot, 3 rue de la Paix. Blot was a successor of Feuillet.
CIRCA 1880, ILLEGIBLE BLACK PAINTED MARKS, SIGNED L. MALPASS
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A FRENCH IVORY AND GOLD GROUND PORTRAIT FLASK
CIRCA 1880, ILLEGIBLE BLACK PAINTED MARKS, SIGNED L. MALPASS
In the Aesthetic taste, the flaring neck with stylized floral lappets, painted with a bust-length portrait of a Japanese gentleman, the gold ground chased with cranes and butterflies, the reverse with a bird perched among flowering branches and fan-shaped panels, the angular handles and bracket feet molded as prunus
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
CIRCA 1880, ILLEGIBLE BLACK PAINTED MARKS, SIGNED L. MALPASS
In the Aesthetic taste, the flaring neck with stylized floral lappets, painted with a bust-length portrait of a Japanese gentleman, the gold ground chased with cranes and butterflies, the reverse with a bird perched among flowering branches and fan-shaped panels, the angular handles and bracket feet molded as prunus
9 in. (22.8 cm.) high
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