Lot 57
Lot 57
A LARGE PARIS PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED GOLD-GROUND VASE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 8,125
Estimate
GBP 6,000 - GBP 8,000
Closed: 25 Feb 2021
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A LARGE PARIS PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED GOLD-GROUND VASE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 8,125
Closed: 25 Feb 2021
Price Realised GBP 8,125
Closed: 25 Feb 2021
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The acanthus-clad handles encircling roundels decorated to each side with putti riding swans and ostriches and terminating in Medusa masks, the front reserved with a scene depicting Pysche being reproached by Venus and signed 'A. L. Maitre', the reverse decorated with a floral garland hung by cornucopia in matte and burnished gilding, on a spreading socle raised on a square base fronted by a polychrome-painted floral bouquet
3112 in. (80 cm.) high; 1312 in. (34.5 cm.) wide; 812 in. (21 cm.) deep
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