Lot 192
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SAMSON FAMILLE VERT PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SAMSON FAMILLE VERT PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SAMSON FAMILLE VERT PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS

THE MOUNTS OF LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SAMSON FAMILLE VERT PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS
THE MOUNTS OF LOUIS XV STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each domed cover with a laurel leaf finial above a pierced rocaille collar, the bulbous ovoid body finely painted with flower filled baskets and butterflies, flanked by tête de guerrier handles, on a spreading acanthus-scrolled foot.
24 ½ in. (62 cm.) high
Literature
F. Slitine, Samson, génie de l'imitation, Paris, 2002, p. 8

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Lot Essay

These vases of impressive scale were produced by the famed Samson factory in the ‘Chinese’ famille vert style. A vase of the same model is visible in a period photograph of the viewing rooms at Samson’s rue Béranger premises.

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