Lot Essay
For an example of this model with yellow drapery, see Christie's, New York, 17 May 2005, lot 40.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
A HÖCHST PINK AND GOLD GROUND VASE AND COVER ON FIXED STAND
CIRCA 1780
Details
A HÖCHST PINK AND GOLD GROUND VASE AND COVER ON FIXED STAND
CIRCA 1780
Of shield shape, the domed cover with ball finial, the shoulder flanked by gilt upright handles and molded with faux rings suspending drapery swags, the striped body centering an oval medallion molded with a vignette of Apollo and Aesculapius, on a conforming socle and stepped square base
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1780
Of shield shape, the domed cover with ball finial, the shoulder flanked by gilt upright handles and molded with faux rings suspending drapery swags, the striped body centering an oval medallion molded with a vignette of Apollo and Aesculapius, on a conforming socle and stepped square base
12½ in. (31.7 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 14 June 1994, lot 268.