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Lot 132

A VIENNA STYLE IRIDESCENT CLARET-GROUND VASE, 'ELISABETH'

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, SIGNED GEYER

Closed20 October 2009

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USD 4,375

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A VIENNA STYLE IRIDESCENT CLARET-GROUND VASE, 'ELISABETH'
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARK, SIGNED GEYER
Of baluster form, finely painted after Vigée-Lebrun with a half-length portrait Madame Elisabeth of France, within an oval gilt surround, further gilt trellis and bands of painted roses, flanked by upright acanthus scroll handles, on a conforming socle and square base
16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) high

Specialist note

Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun, French (1755-1842).