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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE VASE (VASE 'DUPLESSIS A FLEURS UNIS')
Lot 34

A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE VASE (VASE 'DUPLESSIS A FLEURS UNIS')

BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A FOR 1753-1754, PAINTER'S MARK FOR THEVENET PERE

Closed24 October 2012

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A VINCENNES PORCELAIN BLEU CELESTE VASE (VASE 'DUPLESSIS A FLEURS UNIS')
BLUE INTERLACED L'S ENCLOSING DATE LETTER A FOR 1753-1754, PAINTER'S MARK FOR THEVENET PERE
The flared vase with a lobed rim, flanked by two scrolled foliate handles, painted with floral garlands and birds reserved within a gilt and turquoise-ground cartouche, the base molded with shells
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high

The Collection of Baroness Reneé de Becker.
The Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Deane Johnson, Bel Air, California; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 9 December 1972, lot 6.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 26 November 2002, lot 167.

Specialist note

Louis-Jean Thévenet père is recorded as a painter of flowers and patterns at the factory from 1741 to 1777.