A Worcester blue scale-ground vase

CIRCA 1775, BLUE PSEUDO-CHINESE SEAL MARK

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A Worcester blue scale-ground vase
Circa 1775, blue pseudo-Chinese seal mark
Of inverted baluster form with a flared neck, painted in the manner of James Giles with brightly coloured exotic birds in wooded landscapes, within rococo gilt C-scroll cartouches with panels of scale and diaper ornament, the shouders reserved with two small similarly edged panels, each with an exotic bird, the neck with a continuous band of gilt flowers and foliage, the rim with gilt scrolls and diaper ornament (minute chip to rim, minute scratching to enamels and minute rubbing to gilt rim)
5.7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Descriptif du lot

Cf. the two vases formerly in the Frank Lloyd Collection, sold in these Rooms, 2 May 1955, lots 112 and 113. The former vase was again sold in these Rooms on 5 June 1975, lot 124. The present vase and lot 113 were probably of the same garniture.

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