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A gilt metal mounted Sèvres porcelain vase
constructed from a sugar bowl and cover, the bleu de Roi ground bowl forming the body and reserved within gilt foliate borders with exotic birds in flight beneath a waisted and fluted gilt metal neck applied with a pair of winged caryatid and leaf scroll handles, above a gently domed foot similarly reserved, constructed from the cover -- 29.5cm. high, 18th century porcelain, 19th century mounts (base cracked through, damages)
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constructed from a sugar bowl and cover, the bleu de Roi ground bowl forming the body and reserved within gilt foliate borders with exotic birds in flight beneath a waisted and fluted gilt metal neck applied with a pair of winged caryatid and leaf scroll handles, above a gently domed foot similarly reserved, constructed from the cover -- 29.5cm. high, 18th century porcelain, 19th century mounts (base cracked through, damages)
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