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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN NAPOLEONIC GREEN-GROUND VASES AND TWO COVERS
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN NAPOLEONIC GREEN-GROUND VASES AND TWO COVERS

LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Fermé9 June 2014

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN NAPOLEONIC GREEN-GROUND VASES AND TWO COVERS
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Of baluster form flanked by Egyptian term handles, each enriched in gilt in the Napoleonic taste and initialed either 'N' or 'J' for Napoleon and Josephine, the reverse with an armorial wreath, above applied lotus blossoms
30 in. (76 cm.) high (4)

Note du spécialiste

The ormolu mounts are based on a set of three Chinese celadon porcelain vases in the collection of the Louvre supplied by the Darnault brothers to Mesdames Adélaïde and Victoire in 1782, and updated with the Egyptian terms in 1786. See D. Alcouffe, Gilt-Bronze in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, p. 229.

A pair of very similar vases with dancing Bacchante in the place of the initials was sold Christie's, New York, 15 June 2005, lot 424, while a nearly identical pair was sold from the collection of Carl Desantis, Sotheby's, New York, 4 November 2011, lot 103.

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