A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY VASES

LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY VASES
Late 18th early 19th Century
Each with waisted moulded collar above a tapering ovoid body, on spreading moulded circular socle and square plinth, lacking covers
8 in. (20.5 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

Interestingly, a pair of granit gris vases of closely related form was recorded in the Invemtory of the Grand Trianon in 1833, and these are discussed in D. Ledoux-Lebard, Le Grand Trianon, Paris, 1975, Tome I, p.28.

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