CIRCA 1800, BLACK CHÂTEAU DES TUILERIES TO EDGE OF PLINTH BASE

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A PARIS TWO-HANDLED GOLD-GROUND VASE FROM THE CHATEAU DES TUILERIES
CIRCA 1800, BLACK CHÂTEAU des TUILERIES TO EDGE OF PLINTH BASE
Of slender oviform shape, the two gilt handles each formed as an acanthus leaf spreading across the shoulders and with bearded mask head terminals, with a central dark-blue ground band gilt with chased classical figures on a terrace, one side with Bacchus and companions, the other side with Apollo and the Muses, the tapering neck reserved each side with foliage scrolls and a flaming vase resting on a plinth, the lower section reserved with acanthus and stiff leaves, on a spreading base with broad collar above spiral anthemion bands resting on a brown and ochre marbled square plinth (large chip and two smaller chips at junction between lower section and base, some wear to gilding)
21 in. (53.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Château de Tuileries, Paris.

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Lot Essay

Begun in 1564, the château de Tuileries was where the Royal family were kept under house arrest from October 1789. After Napoleon came to power, it became his official residence, and it was burnt down in 1871.

For a pair of vases of the same form, see Régine de Plinval de Guillebon, Faïence et Porcelaine de Paris (Dijon, 1995), pp 368-369.

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