1792, BLUE SHIELD MARKS, IMPRESSED 92 DATE CODES AND PRESSNUMMERN 12

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A PAIR OF VIENNA TWO-HANDLED VASES
1792, BLUE SHIELD MARKS, IMPRESSED 92 DATE CODES AND PRESSNUMMERN 12
Of amphora shape with flared rims and gilt handles with foliate terminals, the bronzed-plum lustre grounds finely gilt with arabesques, the centres with bands of interwoven arched lines suspending vine leaves and husks, the lower parts with foliage and flowers above elongated U-shaped lines, the shoulders with garlands issuing from lozenge-shaped panels centred by paterae, the waisted necks with foliate fronds, angular scrolls and pendant garlands of foliage and pearls, on flared circular feet (slight flaking to gilding on handles and rims, areas of very slight wear)
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high (2)

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Lot Essay

Vases of this form were initially decorated with lustred grounds and gilt with elaborate arabesques, as with the present lot, and subsequently the decoration for this form developed to incorporate other elements. Another very similar pair of Violetter Lüsterfond vases with gilt arabesques are in the Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna (Inv. Nr. Ke 7788), one of which is illustrated by Wilhelm Mrazek and Waltraud Neuwirth, 'Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864' Catalogue (Vienna, 1970), pl. 82, fig. 606. A pair of slightly later vases (1799) with pinkish-beige grounds, coloured vine garlands and grisaille winged putti, are in the Palazzo Pitti, one of which is illustrated by Shiela K. Tabakoff, 'The Viennese Porcelain at Palazzo Pitti' Catalogue (Florence, 2002), p. 127, no. 65.

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