ID 696831
Lot 164 | TWO PAIRS OF FRENCH PORCELAIN PATE-SUR-PATE PLAQUES BY TAXILE DOAT
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 000
CIRCA 1881 AND 1904, THE BLUE-GROUND PAIR WITH INCISED SIGNATURE AND 1881, THE GREY-GROUND PAIR WITH INCISED SEVRES MARK, SIGNATURE AND 1904
The blue-ground pair painted and hand-tooled in white slip with a nymph and a putto emblematic of music and drawing, the Sèvres grey-ground pair each with a putto, one sewing a tapestry, the other painting at an easel
The blue-ground pair 3 1⁄4 in. (8.2 cm.) diameter
The grey-ground pair 4 in. (10 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Acquired from Patrick Serraire SARL, Paris by François-Joseph Graf.
Special notice
These lots have been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
| Manufactur: | Sèvres Porcelain Factory |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Category: | Plaque |
| Manufactur: | Sèvres Porcelain Factory |
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| Applied technique: | Pottery |
| Medium: | Ceramic, Porcelain |
| Category: | Plaque |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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| Phone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
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| Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |



