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A CONTINENTAL EARTHENWARE COPPER-LUSTRE AND BLUE ALHAMBRA AMPHORA VASE, ON A WROUGHT-IRON TRIPOD STAND
Lot 132

A CONTINENTAL EARTHENWARE COPPER-LUSTRE AND BLUE ALHAMBRA AMPHORA VASE, ON A WROUGHT-IRON TRIPOD STAND

LATE 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THEODORE DECK OR SAMSON

Closed18 April 2013

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A CONTINENTAL EARTHENWARE COPPER-LUSTRE AND BLUE ALHAMBRA AMPHORA VASE, ON A WROUGHT-IRON TRIPOD STAND
LATE 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY THEODORE DECK OR SAMSON
Modeled after the 'Alhambra Gazelle Vase', of tapered form, flanked by typical flat handles, decorated overall with scrolling foliage and gazelles, the center with a band of stylized faux Arabic characters
35 in. (89 cm.) high, overall (2)

Specialist note

See F. Slitine, Samson, Génie de L'Imitation, Paris, 2002, p.65 for a nearly identical Samson vase on stand, modeled after the Palace example now in the Alhambra Museum, Granada.