A PAIR OF PARIS PORCELAIN GILT AND MATTE-BLUE GROUND RETICULATED CENTERPIECE BASKETS
A PAIR OF PARIS PORCELAIN GILT AND MATTE-BLUE GROUND RETICULATED CENTERPIECE BASKETS

CIRCA 1815

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A PAIR OF PARIS PORCELAIN GILT AND MATTE-BLUE GROUND RETICULATED CENTERPIECE BASKETS
CIRCA 1815
Each of navette form, the ends of the pierced basket edged in acanthus, supported by two addorsed winged female figures kneeling on tasseled pillows above a base gilt with foliate motifs, its sides molded with masks and anthemion, raised on four paw feet
16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide (2)

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Lot Essay

See Christie's, New York, 19 October 2007, lot 371 for an apricot-ground variation on this model, the figures similarly posed but facing each other.

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