Lot Essay
During the days of the Second Empire there was a vogue for Spanish Themes 'les espagnoleries', since the Empress Eugénie de Montijo was of Spanish descent.
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A PAIR OF FRENCH PORCELAIN FIGURAL INCENSE-BURNERS, in the style of Jacob Petit; gilt, painted in colours and naturalistically modelled in relief with seated female Spanish dancers wearing bright-coloured clothes and holding bunches of grapes, leaning against a treetrunk (pierced with a hole) on quadrupod pedestal rocaille base (minor chips), circa 1850
29.5 cm high (2)
29.5 cm high (2)