A SEVRES PORCELAIN YELLOW-GROUND THREE VASE GARNITURE (VASES DES AGES, 2EME AND 3EME GRANDEUR)
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75600GBP £ 75 600
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ID 1250870
Lot 4 | A SEVRES PORCELAIN YELLOW-GROUND THREE VASE GARNITURE (VASES DES AGES, 2EME AND 3EME GRANDEUR)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
CIRCA 1780, BLUE INTERLACED L MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTER CC, GILDER'S MARK FOR HENRY-FRANCOIS VINCENT, THE MOUNTS PROBABLY LOUIS XVI AND ASSOCIATED
Comprised of a large vase à tête de vieillards and a pair à têtes de femmes, each with finely painted ruins in a landscape within chased gilt oval bands, the obverse with a floral bouquet, all on a Taillandier ground, the ormolu base molded with laurel leaves
18 ¾ in. (47.5 cm.) high, the larger
Provenance
Possibly a gift from Prince Bariatinsky to the Count and Countess du Nord (the Grand Duke and Duchess of Russia) in 1782.
Possibly the garniture sold in Houssaye sale, Paris, 9-10 March 1838, lot 90, described as "3 vases en porcelaine de Sèvres avec cartels de paysages et fleurs sur fond jaune" or the garniture sold in Paris 6-7 December 1841, lot 63, and described as "3 vases forme oeufs en vieux Sèvres dur fond jaune."
With Galerie Vandermeersch, Paris.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 24 June 2000, lot 211.
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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