CIRCA 1867, ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER DRESSER

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A PAIR OF MINTON PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND VASES
CIRCA 1867, ATTRIBUTED TO CHRISTOPHER DRESSER
in the Aesthetic taste, each finely painted with a butterfly among floral sprays, flanked by ring handles and raised on lappet feet, on an onyx base, mounted as lamps
9½ in. (24.1 cm.) high, excluding the fitments

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See exhibition catalogues C. Wilk, Christpher Dresser, The Power of Design, 28 April - 29 May 1993, San Francisco, 1993, p. 9 and Truth Beauty Power, Dr. Christopher Dresser 1834-1904, 15 October - 18 December 1998, Historical Design, New York, p. 78 for similar vases. Also compare the vases in the Collection of Michael and Anne Ripley, Christie's, New York, 13 March 2000, lots 209 and 210.

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