A PAIR OF BERLIN IVORY-GROUND VASES

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE MARK AND INCISION, IMPRESSED SZ AND CYPHER, SIGNED GEYER

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A PAIR OF BERLIN IVORY-GROUND VASES
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE SCEPTRE MARK AND INCISION, IMPRESSED SZ AND CYPHER, SIGNED GEYER
IN THE NEO-ROCOCO TASTE, EACH OVIFORM VASE WITH FLARING NECK AND SHAPED RIM, FINELY PAINTED WITH AN AMOROUS COUPLE IN A GARDEN SETTING WITHIN A GILT OVAL SURROUND, THE REVERSE WITH A BLUE-GROUND QUATREFOIL CARTOUCHE ENRICHED WITH GILT SWANS FLANKING A TORCHERE, THE ROCAILLE-MOULDED BODY WITH GILT FOLIATE SCROLLWORK, RAISED ON FOUR FEET
14 5/8 IN. (37.1 CM.) HIGH (2)

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ALONG WITH ARTISTIC DIRECTOR ALEXANDER KIPS (1858-1910), GEYER WAS A MEMBER OF THE NEU-ROKOKO MOVEMENT AT BERLIN. FOR A DISCUSSION ON THIS CIRCLE OF ARTISTS, SEE ERICH KöLLMANN, BERLINER PORZELLAN, WüRZBURG, 1966, VOL. I, P. 236

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