A PAIR OF BERLIN FAYENCE RED LACQUER BEAKER-VASES with flared rims, decorated in enamels, bronzed and gilt with chinoiserie figures and flowering plants in alternate panels, the swelling central section with birds in flight between flowering plants, the rims with white, yellow and green half-flowerheads among diaper-pattern, the top rims with scalloped panels of part flowerheads (slight flaking and restoration to enamels and lacquer, one with slight crack to base), blue divided circle mark within a double circle, circa 1720, the lacquer circa 1800

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A PAIR OF BERLIN FAYENCE RED LACQUER BEAKER-VASES with flared rims, decorated in enamels, bronzed and gilt with chinoiserie figures and flowering plants in alternate panels, the swelling central section with birds in flight between flowering plants, the rims with white, yellow and green half-flowerheads among diaper-pattern, the top rims with scalloped panels of part flowerheads (slight flaking and restoration to enamels and lacquer, one with slight crack to base), blue divided circle mark within a double circle, circa 1720, the lacquer circa 1800
50.5cm. high (2)

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Cf. the pair of larger size sold in these Rooms on 14 June 1994, lot 9

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