A LARGE ORMOLU AND GILT-COPPER-MOUNTED SEVRES-STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN VASE AND COVER
Lot 92 PROPERTY FROM AN EASTERN EUROPEAN COLLECTION (92 & 93)

A LARGE ORMOLU AND GILT-COPPER-MOUNTED SEVRES-STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN VASE AND COVER

LATE 19TH CENTURY, WITH SPURRIOUS INTERLACED L'S MARK, SIGNED LEVASSEUR

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A LARGE ORMOLU AND GILT-COPPER-MOUNTED SEVRES-STYLE COBALT-BLUE GROUND PORCELAIN VASE AND COVER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, WITH SPURRIOUS INTERLACED L'S MARK, SIGNED LEVASSEUR
The domed lid surmounted by an Imperial eagle above a waisted neck with military attributes, the ovoid body painted with a scene depicting Napoleon receiving the Queen of Prussia at Tilsitt, within a gilt embossed acanthus cartouche flanked by lion mask handles with wreathed eagles, on a spreading socle and eared ormolu base cornerd by eagles
51 in. (130 cm.) high

Acquired in Paris, late 19th/early 20th century, and by descent.