A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS
Lot 1221

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS

CIRCA 1780

Closed1 November 2018

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED PARIS PORCELAIN VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1780
The ovoid bodies decorated with lush floral spray cartouches, flanked by scrolled handles issuing wheat, on a stepped beaded foot
13 ¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high

Acquired from Perrin, Paris, in 1972.

Specialist note

A virtually identical pair was with Mallett, London and advertised in Apollo, January 1980.

The distinctive handles of these elegant Paris porcelain vases relate them to the celebrated 'vases oeufs' produced at Sèvres. A garniture of this form was delivered to Marie-Antoinette between 1774 and 1776, possibly the garniture sold from the Riahi Collection; Christie's, New York, 2 November 2000, lot 30.