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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN 'VASES CLODION'
Lot 179

A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN 'VASES CLODION'

DATED 1827, BLUE INTERLACED C'S ENCLOSING FLEUR-DE-LYS MARK

Closed18 October 2012

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A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN 'VASES CLODION'
DATED 1827, BLUE INTERLACED C'S ENCLOSING FLEUR-DE-LYS MARK
Of shield shape flanked by short upright pistol handles, finely painted with a lush floral garland among further gilt vine and stylized floral bands, on an ormolu square base
7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, overall (2)

Specialist note

See B. Ducrot, Porcelaines et Terres de Sèvres, Musée National du Château de Compiègne, Paris, 1993, p.137, no. 86 for a very similar pair of vases. The form was created in the 18th century.