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A SEVRES PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND VASE AND PIERCED COVER (PROBABLY 'VASE CASSOLETTE AUX CHIMERES')
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A SEVRES PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND VASE AND PIERCED COVER (PROBABLY 'VASE CASSOLETTE AUX CHIMERES')

CIRCA 1884-85, THE DESIGN BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER DE BELLEUSE, GREEN PRINTED DATE LOZENGE FOR 1884, RED PRINTED DECORE A SEVRES MARK FOR 1885, GREEN AS MONOGRAM MARK, INCISED 'A.CARRIER.BELLEUSE' TO ONE SIDE, THE FOOT WITH IMPRESSED SEVRES LOZENGE AND INCISED EC.1884

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A SEVRES PORCELAIN TURQUOISE-GROUND VASE AND PIERCED COVER (PROBABLY 'VASE CASSOLETTE AUX CHIMERES')
CIRCA 1884-85, THE DESIGN BY ALBERT-ERNEST CARRIER DE BELLEUSE, GREEN PRINTED DATE LOZENGE FOR 1884, RED PRINTED DECORE A SEVRES MARK FOR 1885, GREEN AS MONOGRAM MARK, INCISED 'A.CARRIER.BELLEUSE' TO ONE SIDE, THE FOOT WITH IMPRESSED SEVRES LOZENGE AND INCISED EC.1884
Of rectangular footed tapering form with twin female grotesque handles, one side moulded with a scene of nymphs and a putto with a basket of fruit, the other with a satyr, his hoof resting on a basket of grapes and putti on his shoulders, in classical landscapes with a grotesque mask above and below each scene, the decoration heightened in dark blue and gilding, the sides with blue and gilt scale ornament
18 1⁄4 in. (46.3 cm.) high

With Galerie Camoin Demachy, Paris.

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Albert-Ernest Carrier de Belleuse was one of the most important and innovative sculptors of nineteenth-century France. He trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, debuted at the Salon in 1851, and was notably a teacher of Auguste Rodin. He worked for Doulton, Minton and other English companies and became the artistic director at the Sèvres manufactory from 1875, remaining there until his death in 1887.