A MENNECY PERFUME BURNER (VASE BRULE-PARFUM)
Circa 1750, blue .D.V. mark
Modelled as three birds perched on flowering branches encircling a globular jar or 'egg', the rim moulded and enriched in iron-red with pierced lappets, cover lacking
4½in. (11.4cm.) high; 6¼in. (15.8cm.) wide
Lot Essay
See Anon sale, Piasa (Picard Audap Solanet & Associés), Paris, 26 March 1997, lot 78 and 'Les porcelainiers français du XVIIIe siècle', Connaissance des Arts, p. 134 for similar examples.
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