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A PAIR OF GILT-METAL-MOUNTED SÈVRES-PATTERN DARK-BLUE-GROUND VASES AND COVERS, the oviform bodies painted with Galatea's triumphal procession, her chariot drawn by sea-beasts, with numerous attendants and cherubs, her pink drapery billowing up through the pervading mist and surf to be caught by a cherub, the reverses painted with follies and other buildings in extensive landscapes within chased gilt oval bands festooned with flowers and scrolls, on spreading circular feet, mounted with fruit finials, pierced rims cast with foliage, the shoulders with two large seated putti on supports cast with husks and leaves, the mounts around the lower bodies cast with leaves, scrolls and diaper-pattern, the bases with laurel-wreaths and on footed square bases applied with cartouches on each side), the covers with imitation blue interlaced L marks, early 20th Century
49½in. (126cm.) high (2)
49½in. (126cm.) high (2)