Lot 147
Lot 147
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF DR. BRUCE WILSON
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BLEU CELESTE' VASES (VASES 'BOIZOT A BOUCS')

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1780-1785, THE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE JEUNE; THE ORMOLU AND PORPHYRY BASES OF SIMILAR DATE, THE ORMOLU HANDLES AND LOWER PORTION CIRCA 1830

Estimate
USD 12,000 - USD 18,000
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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN 'BLEU CELESTE' VASES (VASES 'BOIZOT A BOUCS')

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1780-1785, THE PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE JEUNE; THE ORMOLU AND PORPHYRY BASES OF SIMILAR DATE, THE ORMOLU HANDLES AND LOWER PORTION CIRCA 1830

Details
Each oviform vase flanked by ormolu ram's head handles, finely painted with birds flying before a large blooming rosebush in landscape, the reverse with a ribbon-tied bouquet, within chased gilt oval surrounds and swags of bulrushes and berried laurel, on an ormolu base and porphyry plinth
1812 in. (47 cm.) high
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Etude Tajan, Paris, 20 December 2000, lot 116.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 October 2012, lot 60.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 18 October 2017, lot 598.
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