拍品專文
The Sèvres archives may record the present vases; on 31 December 1844, a pair of 'Medicis' vases with blue ground and decorated in gilding with palmettes were placed in store and subsequently sold on credit to the Duchess of Orlèans (the widow of Ferdinand-Philippe d'Orlèans, Prince Royal and eldest son of King Louis-Philippe I) on 21 November 1846: '2 V. medicis 3e fd bleu palmettes en or etc' , see Vbb11, folio 188 Vo.