A MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORCELAIN VASE
CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED E198., IMPRESSED 8
Applied with twin serpent handles bound by strapwork above lion-mask terminals, painted with a continuous landscape with classical figures, including Apollo seated before drapery with Venus, Cupid and a pair of doves in attendance, the Toilet of Venus and Jupiter and an eagle, the foot with groteschi above an anthemion border, mounted on a square base (very minor scratches to enamels)
27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high
A MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORCELAIN VASE
CIRCA 1870, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED E198., IMPRESSED 8
Applied with twin serpent handles bound by strapwork above lion-mask terminals, painted with a continuous landscape with classical figures, including Apollo seated before drapery with Venus, Cupid and a pair of doves in attendance, the Toilet of Venus and Jupiter and an eagle, the foot with groteschi above an anthemion border, mounted on a square base (very minor scratches to enamels)
27 ¼ in. (69.2 cm.) high