A FRENCH FAIENCE 'MICRO-BEADED' TWO-HANDLED PORTRAIT VASE
Lot 124

A FRENCH FAIENCE 'MICRO-BEADED' TWO-HANDLED PORTRAIT VASE

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED 31, SIGNED H.(ENRI) CATELIN

Closed18 April 2013

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USD 5,000

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A FRENCH FAIENCE 'MICRO-BEADED' TWO-HANDLED PORTRAIT VASE
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, IMPRESSED 31, SIGNED H.(ENRI) CATELIN
Oviform with square faux-bamboo handles, with gold and black micro-beading overall, with a central female portrait medallion on a textured gold ground with a pink and gilt scrolling border, a riverscape to the reverse
20 in. (51 cm.) high

Specialist note

Henri Catelin is recorded as working in Paris at 34 Rue de Chabrol in 1869, and exhibited at a number of salons through the 1870s.