Lot Essay
The Chinoiserie figures and scenes on these vases are particularly unusual and are a novel interpretation of the eighteenth century decorative tradition of the exotic.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, SCRIPT E AND M MARKS
Details
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, SCRIPT E AND M MARKS
Each of drum shape with domed cover, flanked by two upright scroll-bracket handles suspending berried swags and with satyr-mask terminals, the neck and body painted with panels of Chinoiserie figures either playing music or fishing, within an elaborate scrollwork surround painted with trellis-work and peonies, the reverse and conforming socle painted with landscape vignettes, above a cast berried garland and canted sqaure base
23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) high (4)
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS, SCRIPT E AND M MARKS
Each of drum shape with domed cover, flanked by two upright scroll-bracket handles suspending berried swags and with satyr-mask terminals, the neck and body painted with panels of Chinoiserie figures either playing music or fishing, within an elaborate scrollwork surround painted with trellis-work and peonies, the reverse and conforming socle painted with landscape vignettes, above a cast berried garland and canted sqaure base
23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) high (4)