A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED LONGWY PORCELAIN VASES
PROPERTY OF A FRENCH NOBLE FAMILY (LOTS 23-26)
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED LONGWY PORCELAIN VASES

LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED LONGWY 1393

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED LONGWY PORCELAIN VASES
LATE 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED LONGWY 1393
Each with pierced scrollwork rim and trailing foliate handles, the bulbous body moulded with stylized birds and masks, on pierced feet
11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) high
Literature
G. Peiffer, Bleu Longwy : Images des Orients, écrits d'Occident, Gerard Klopp editeur, 2003, p. 13 (another version).

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Peiffer notes that the model for this Longwy vase is taken from a Chinese bronze original.

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