Sale 5093
London, South Kensington
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29 March 2007
Price realised
GBP 420
Estimate
A Pair of Samson famille verte powder blue ground bottle vases with ormulu mounts, 19th Century painted in coloured enamels with shaped cartouches depicting a collection of censers and vases issuing peony and ruyi-sprays, leaf shaped panels to the neck with further blossoming branches, surrounded by a powder blue ground, gilt mounts to base and rim -- 9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) high. (2)
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