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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE COBALT BLUE-GROUND PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASES AND COVERS ('VASES DULAC')

LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE COBALT BLUE-GROUND PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASES AND COVERS ('VASES DULAC')
LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each with domed lid with pinecone finial, above a pierced Vitruvian-scroll frieze, with dual lion mask handles suspending pelt swags, on a square base with Greek-key border
17 in. (43 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

With their bold 'à la Grec' mounts, these vases embody the most robust Neoclassicism of the 1760s and 1770s, while reflecting the constant search for innovation promoted by the marchands-merciers of Paris. Styling himself as 'Dulac marchand gantier-parfumeur et bijoutier rue Saint Honoré près de l'Oratoire à la tête d'or', Jean Dulac (d. 1786) appears consistently in the sales register at Sèvres from 1758-1776. Commonly incorporating the amusing device of concealed candle branches to the underside of the covers, Dulac's 18th century originals were popular among the sophisticated collectors of the day, with examples acquired by Madame du Barry, Horace Walpole and Prince Baryatinski for Grand Duke Paul's apartments at Pavlovsk.

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