Lot 46
Lot 46
A PAIR OF VERY LARGE ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES AND COVERS

LATE 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS IRON-RED M. IMPLE DE SEVRES MARKS, SIGNED INDISTINCTLY H. AMBLET

Price Realised USD 16,380
Estimate
USD 15,000 - USD 25,000
Closed: 6 Apr 2023
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A PAIR OF VERY LARGE ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES AND COVERS

LATE 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS IRON-RED M. IMPLE DE SEVRES MARKS, SIGNED INDISTINCTLY H. AMBLET

Price Realised USD 16,380
Closed: 6 Apr 2023
Price Realised USD 16,380
Closed: 6 Apr 2023
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Each of baluster form with displaying swan-handles terminating in foliate scrolls, the high domed cover with acorn finial, painted with a military view within a broad raised gilt cartouche incorporating scrolling rinceaux and winged lions, the shoulder and neck applied with Napoleonic emblems including an eagle clutching lightning bolts, the reverse with a deserted battlefield, on socle foot and canted square base applied with fruiting laurel and tasseled festoons, the inside of the cover with spurious presentation marks for the Prince of Murat to the Princess Borghese
4534 in. (116 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 April 2001, lot 7.
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