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A PAIR OF SEVRES (NAPOLEON III) PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES (VASE ANTHOPHORE)
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A PAIR OF SEVRES (NAPOLEON III) PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES (VASE ANTHOPHORE)

IRON-RED CROWNED N MARK FOR 1868, EACH WITH GREEN PAINTED D.27.AV.37.S, INCISED JB AND GILT HF, VARIOUS OTHER INCISED NUMERALS AND LETTERS, THE MODEL ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY CHARLES-FRANÇOIS LELOY IN 1819

Closed18 October 2012

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A PAIR OF SEVRES (NAPOLEON III) PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASES (VASE ANTHOPHORE)
IRON-RED CROWNED N MARK FOR 1868, EACH WITH GREEN PAINTED D.27.AV.37.S, INCISED JB AND GILT HF, VARIOUS OTHER INCISED NUMERALS AND LETTERS, THE MODEL ORIGINALLY DESIGNED BY CHARLES-FRANÇOIS LELOY IN 1819
Each of broad baluster form with removable flared neck, the shoulder flanked by gilt enriched scroll handles with winged mask terminals suspending floral swags and bell-flowers
11¾ in. (29.8 cm.) high (4)

Specialist note

The form name is based on the etymology of antho: flower and the Grec -pherien: porter. It was thought to be the ideal divine form fit for the function. For a pair of vases of the same form painted with medallions, see B. Ducrot, Porcelaines et Terres de Sèvres, Musée National du Château de Compiègne, Paris, 1993, p. 328, fig. 282.