Live Auction 221019th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art & Ceramics
Christie’s roundel
Lot 133

A VIENNA STYLE BURGUNDY AND PEACH GROUND VASE, COVER AND STAND

LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, IMPRESSED 5

Closed20 October 2009

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A VIENNA STYLE BURGUNDY AND PEACH GROUND VASE, COVER AND STAND
LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE MARKS, IMPRESSED 5
Of baluster form flanked by gilt upright double snake handles with acanthus terminals, a band of white 'pearls' at the shoulder, the body painted with continuous views after Kauffman with either 'Cupid's Revenge' or 'Cupid Bound by the Graces', on a conforming stop-fluted socle and circular stand
28 in. (71.2 cm.) high (3)

Specialist note

Angelika Kauffman, Swiss (1741-1807).

See W.W. Roworth, Angelika Kauffman, A Continental Artist in Georgian England, Brighton, 1992, pp. 157 and 160, fig. 131 and 135 for engravings of the present subjects.