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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FRENCH GOLD-GROUND ORIENTALIST VASE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED F. BELLANGER
Of baluster form with pierced scrolling dragon handles, the ormolu socle foot decorated with stiff lotus and raised on integral scroll feet, the whole raised on a further pierced base inset with an onyx top and raised on scrolling dragon feet, painted with a harem girl and a eunuch in an interior, the reverse with the figure of a supervisor, both reserved on the gold ground within richly coloured faux-cloisonné bands, the neck with similar decoration, some flaking to gold ground
32in. (81.2cm.) high
LATE 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED F. BELLANGER
Of baluster form with pierced scrolling dragon handles, the ormolu socle foot decorated with stiff lotus and raised on integral scroll feet, the whole raised on a further pierced base inset with an onyx top and raised on scrolling dragon feet, painted with a harem girl and a eunuch in an interior, the reverse with the figure of a supervisor, both reserved on the gold ground within richly coloured faux-cloisonné bands, the neck with similar decoration, some flaking to gold ground
32in. (81.2cm.) high