Lot Essay
See R. de Plinval de Guillebon, Porcelain of Paris 1770 - 1850, New York, 1972, p. 191, pl. 142, for a marked vase of similar form and with identical handles in the Musée National de Céramique at Sèvres.
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CIRCA 1820
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A PARIS (DARTE FRERES) PORCELAIN BLUE-GROUND TWO-HANDLED OVIFORM VASE
CIRCA 1820
The richly-gilt handle with ram's mask, acanthus and palm ornament, painted with a still life of flowers on a marble ledge, within a tapering gilt rectangular panel, the reverse gilt with flowers below gothick arches, between bands of stiff-leaves and flowers, on a square plinth gilt with flowerheads within geometric leaf panels
22½ in. (57.2 cm.) high
CIRCA 1820
The richly-gilt handle with ram's mask, acanthus and palm ornament, painted with a still life of flowers on a marble ledge, within a tapering gilt rectangular panel, the reverse gilt with flowers below gothick arches, between bands of stiff-leaves and flowers, on a square plinth gilt with flowerheads within geometric leaf panels
22½ in. (57.2 cm.) high