Lot Essay
See anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 14 September 1995, lot 133 for a nearly identical vase.
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LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHAMPLEVE SEVRES STYLE VASES
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Each of amphora form, the neck and lower body enamelled and gilt with stylized flowers and foliage, finely painted with three putti either gathering grapevine or releasing doves emblematic of love, the reverse with either a musical or amatory trohpy, supported by three herm-putti monopodia, on a conforming tripartite base
28¼ in. (71.7 cm.) high (2)
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY
Each of amphora form, the neck and lower body enamelled and gilt with stylized flowers and foliage, finely painted with three putti either gathering grapevine or releasing doves emblematic of love, the reverse with either a musical or amatory trohpy, supported by three herm-putti monopodia, on a conforming tripartite base
28¼ in. (71.7 cm.) high (2)