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A PAIR OF SEVRES (NAPOLEON III) PORCELAIN MOTTLED COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES (VASE FORME FUSEAU 1ERE GRANDEUR)
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A PAIR OF SEVRES (NAPOLEON III) PORCELAIN MOTTLED COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES (VASE FORME FUSEAU 1ERE GRANDEUR)

IRON-RED CROWNED 'N' DORE MARKS FOR 1865, ONE WITH INCISED INDISTINCT SCRIPT G D V FUZOT GRA POTTER'S MARKS

Closed18 October 2012

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A PAIR OF SEVRES (NAPOLEON III) PORCELAIN MOTTLED COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES (VASE FORME FUSEAU 1ERE GRANDEUR)
IRON-RED CROWNED 'N' DORE MARKS FOR 1865, ONE WITH INCISED INDISTINCT SCRIPT G D V FUZOT GRA POTTER'S MARKS
Each of tear-drop form with flaring trumpet mouth, enriched with spiraling hop vine within gilt rims
36¾ in. (93.4 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

The present vases are reminiscent of pairs located at the Chateaux Compiègne, see B. Ducrot, Porcelaines et Terres de Sèvres, Paris, 1993, p. 240 and 241.