THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOT 80)

AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN IRIDESCENT SEA-FOAM GREEN AND COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASE AND COVER, 'LADY SMYTHE & CHILDREN'

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, SIGNED WAGNER

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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN IRIDESCENT SEA-FOAM GREEN AND COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASE AND COVER, 'LADY SMYTHE & CHILDREN'
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, SIGNED WAGNER
Of shield shape, the waisted neck flanked by upright scroll handles with Diana mask terminals, finely painted after Reynolds with a portrait of a fashionable lady and her three children, gilt all over with flowers in the Art Nouveau taste, on a conforming socle and shaped square base
28 in. (71.1 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Sir Joshua Reynolds (English, 1723-1797).

Painted towards the end of Reynolds' life, Lady Smyth [or Smith] and her Children was commissioned in 1787 and was well received at the Royal Academy of that year. The original oil on canvas was sold by Christie's, London, 23 March 1878, lot 40. It is now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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