Lot Essay
Compare the single example of this unusual form, sold Christie's, New York, 24 May 2000, lot 189.
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CIRCA 1820, GILT SCRIPT DARTE AINE A PARIS MARKS
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A LARGE PAIR OF PARIS (DARTE) PORCELAIN GOLD-GROUND RETICULATED VASES
CIRCA 1820, GILT SCRIPT DARTE AINE A PARIS MARKS
Each finely painted in the Dutch Old Master style with peasants in a tavern, the reverse chased with a lyre and paired cornucopiae, all above a pierced band of anthemion, flanked by handles formed as bearded herms holding lit braziers, the octagonal base molded with a winged Cupid mask, raised on four griffin-masks on paw feet
25 ¾ in. (65.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 1820, GILT SCRIPT DARTE AINE A PARIS MARKS
Each finely painted in the Dutch Old Master style with peasants in a tavern, the reverse chased with a lyre and paired cornucopiae, all above a pierced band of anthemion, flanked by handles formed as bearded herms holding lit braziers, the octagonal base molded with a winged Cupid mask, raised on four griffin-masks on paw feet
25 ¾ in. (65.3 cm.) high
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