Lot Essay
See F. Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain, The Red Anchor Wares, Leigh-on-Sea, 1951, p. 93 and fig. 91 for a similar vase with a figure of Atalanta.
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CIRCA 1755
Details
A PAIR OF CHELSEA POT POURRI VASES AND COVERS
Circa 1755
With pierced domed covers above rococo scroll-moulded vases painted with Chinese musicians in interiors, the reverse with exotic birds in flight, flanked by applied trailing flowering branches, on shaped bases with insects, on later giltwood bases, mounted as lamps
16in. (40.6cm.) high (2)
Circa 1755
With pierced domed covers above rococo scroll-moulded vases painted with Chinese musicians in interiors, the reverse with exotic birds in flight, flanked by applied trailing flowering branches, on shaped bases with insects, on later giltwood bases, mounted as lamps
16in. (40.6cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Mrs. Edward F. Hutton, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 7-10 June 1972, lot 274