Lot Essay
For a similar massive vase also signed by Maxant, see Christie's, London, 23 February 2006, lot 105.
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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF MR. & MRS. WILLIAM D. GRAUE
A MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASE AND COVER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, SIGNED MAXANT
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A MONUMENTAL ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASE AND COVER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, SIGNED MAXANT
Of baluster form, the domed cover with cone finial, above a waisted neck gilt with a musical trophy among foliate scrollwork, the body finely painted with a mythological view of Leda and the Swan, flanked by upright pistol handles molded with acanthus and suspending laurel wreath swags, the reverse with cloud-borne putti holding a burning torch, on a conforming socle and canted square base
62 in. (157.5 cm.) high (2)
LATE 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARK, SIGNED MAXANT
Of baluster form, the domed cover with cone finial, above a waisted neck gilt with a musical trophy among foliate scrollwork, the body finely painted with a mythological view of Leda and the Swan, flanked by upright pistol handles molded with acanthus and suspending laurel wreath swags, the reverse with cloud-borne putti holding a burning torch, on a conforming socle and canted square base
62 in. (157.5 cm.) high (2)