THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1780, THE PORCELAIN 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE VASES
THE MOUNTS CIRCA 1780, THE PORCELAIN 19TH CENTURY
Each ovoid body depicting figures on a light-green background and flanked by loop handles and raised on square plinth
11 ½ in. (29 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A very similar pair of vases formerly in the collection of the Marquis Elie de Talleyrand , sold Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1963, lot 10. Another pair with a green ground, sold from the Jacques Doucet collection, Paris, 1912, lot 214.

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