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CIRCA 1880, SIGNED WITH AN NV. MONOGRAM
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A PARIS PLATINUM-GROUND VASE
CIRCA 1880, SIGNED WITH AN NV. MONOGRAM
Of baluster form, finely painted in the Japonism aesthetic with exotic South American birds, one holding a twig in its beak and perched on a flowering branch, its companion on blooming cactus, the reverse with a stalk of budding flowers, the gilt rim, shoulder and spreading foot enriched with black tracery
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 1880, SIGNED WITH AN NV. MONOGRAM
Of baluster form, finely painted in the Japonism aesthetic with exotic South American birds, one holding a twig in its beak and perched on a flowering branch, its companion on blooming cactus, the reverse with a stalk of budding flowers, the gilt rim, shoulder and spreading foot enriched with black tracery
13½ in. (34.3 cm.) high