A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres porcelain pot-pourri vases, circa 1785
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October 13, 06:27 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
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A pair of Louis XVI gilt-bronze mounted Sèvres porcelain pot-pourri vases, circa 1785
the porcelain with a blue background, decorated with two handles and a perforated lid decorated with acanthus leaves, on a circular pedestal and square base
height 10⅝in.; width 5⅞in.; 27 cm; 15 cm.
(2)
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Paire de vases en porcelaine de Sèvres et monture de bronze doré d'époque Louis XVI, vers 1785
height 10⅝in.; width 5⅞in.; 27 cm; 15 cm.
(2)
Tajan Paris, 20 March 2008, lot 74.
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Tajan Paris, 20 mars 2008, lot 74.
At the end of the reign of Louis XV, the Sèvres manufactory produced a large number of vases of various shapes which it sold under the name of "vases to be mounted": they were bought exclusively by marchands-merçiers - such as Simon-Philippe Poirier - who resold them after having embellished them with gilded bronze mounts ordered from the best bronziers.
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