Lot Essay
A similar pair of ormolu-mounted vases, their bodies covered in mayflower blossoms, were sold in the Collection of Madame Lucienne Fribourg, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., 19 April 1969, lot 49.
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PROPERTY OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (LOT 404)
AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED THREE VASE GARNITURE
THE PORCELAIN THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO EACH, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
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AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED THREE VASE GARNITURE
THE PORCELAIN THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO EACH, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
Each of baluster form flanked by upright rocaille scroll handles, molded front and back with gold-ground cartouches painted after Watteau with figures, reserved within painted floral sprigs and applied flowering vine, raised on a foliate scroll base
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high, the largest; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, the pair (3)
THE PORCELAIN THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO EACH, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
Each of baluster form flanked by upright rocaille scroll handles, molded front and back with gold-ground cartouches painted after Watteau with figures, reserved within painted floral sprigs and applied flowering vine, raised on a foliate scroll base
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high, the largest; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) high, the pair (3)
Literature
C.C. Dauterman, The Wrightsman Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1970, vol. IV, pp. 108-109, no. 53 A-C.
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