ID 1225556
Lot 231 | A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE IMARI PORCELAIN VASES
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each of baluster form and decorated with flowering poppy branches within scaled borders in iron red overglaze with blue underglaze, the leaftip rim with pelmet edge, flanked by scrolling foliate handles headed by lion masks and terminating in trailing berries, on a circular base cast as a laurel wreath, on four paw feet headed by acanthus leaf shoulders
12 ¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high; 6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) wide
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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