BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTER C FOR 1755-1756, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARKS, THE PAIR INCISED 3

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THREE VINCENNES PORCELAIN MINIATURE VASES (VASES 'PARCEVAL')
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING THE DATE LETTER C FOR 1755-1756, UNIDENTIFIED PAINTER'S MARKS, THE PAIR INCISED 3
Comprising a pair painted with polychrome flower sprays and a single vase similarly painted in puce, gilt dentil rim and gilt line to foot
2 7/8 in. (7.5 cm.) high (3)

Provenance

With E. Allain, Paris.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 March 2001, lot 111.

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Lot Essay

These vases appear to be a variant form of the 'Vase Parseval', named after the shareholder Philibert Parseval, and designed to display fresh or crystalized fruit on the dessert table. Two designs are still conserved in the archives, of the 2nd and 3rd sizes, while another polychrome example of the smaller size was sold in the Valentine Collection; Christie's, New York, 21 October 2005, lot 1.

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