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CIRCA 1820
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A pair of large Louis XVIII ormolu-mounted porcelain vases, on pedestals
Circa 1820
Each surmounted by a waisted neck, flanked to each side by a ribbon-tied laurel wreath handle, the bulbous body decorated all-over with Roman or Etruscan soldiers and horse-riders en grisaille on a marbleised background, headed by a palmette frieze, with a anthemion and palmette lower frieze, on a spreading circular socle with a stylised foliate frieze, on a square yellow marble base; each on a later faux marbre pedestal
The vases: 49 in. (124.5 cm.) including the marble base;
Overall: 77 in. (196 cm.) high (4)
Circa 1820
Each surmounted by a waisted neck, flanked to each side by a ribbon-tied laurel wreath handle, the bulbous body decorated all-over with Roman or Etruscan soldiers and horse-riders en grisaille on a marbleised background, headed by a palmette frieze, with a anthemion and palmette lower frieze, on a spreading circular socle with a stylised foliate frieze, on a square yellow marble base; each on a later faux marbre pedestal
The vases: 49 in. (124.5 cm.) including the marble base;
Overall: 77 in. (196 cm.) high (4)
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