A LARGE PAIR OF VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN POLYCHROME SNAKE-HANDLED VASES
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A LARGE PAIR OF VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN POLYCHROME SNAKE-HANDLED VASES

MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE AND ARCHED MARKS OVER 2

Fermé8 October 2020

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A LARGE PAIR OF VIENNA STYLE PORCELAIN POLYCHROME SNAKE-HANDLED VASES
MID TO LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE BEEHIVE AND ARCHED MARKS OVER 2
Finely and colorfully painted with mythological scenes within variant gilt panels and bands, including; Artemis and Endymion, after The Loves of Paris and Helen by Jacques-Louis David, and the farewell between Hector and Andromache; on top of pink-ground square stands with various gilt scrollwork and decoration
29 ½ in. (75 cm.) high

Note du spécialiste

Jacques-Louis David's painting of The Loves of Paris and Helen (1788) was originally commissioned by the comte d'Artois (later Charles X). It now hangs in the Louvre Museum, Paris.