Lot Essay
Closely related Greek-key handles and laurel-leaf swags in the manner of Jean-Charles Delafosse (1734-1789) can be found on a pair of vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection, New York, 1966, vol. II cat. no. 272 A-B).
A further single vase of identical model was sold anonymously at Drouot, Paris, 2 December 1991, lot 59.
A further single vase of identical model was sold anonymously at Drouot, Paris, 2 December 1991, lot 59.