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A Sevres porcelain flower vase (cuvette a fleurs a tombeau,…
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Sydney
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30-May-2023
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A Sevres porcelain flower vase (cuvette a fleurs a tombeau, 2eme grandeur), blue interlaced L mark, circa 1770, painted to the front and side panels 'en grisaille' with a classical battle scene and trophies, the 'bleu nouveau' ground with gilt lines and pendant interlaced swags, the reverse panel with a gilt rosette, height 18 cm, width 25 cm, depth 15 cm. Literature: Brunet, M and Preaud, T, 'Sevres: Des origines a nos jours', 1978, p.169, no.134, for a detailed discussion of this shape and four examples in the Wallace collection, see Rosalind Savill, 'The Wallace collection of Sevres Porcelain', 1988, Vol. I, pp. 32-41. Other Notes: other examples of this shape can be found in the Royal Collection, UK, The Metropolitan Museum, USA, and the Getty Museum, USA.
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Ceramics: Sevres/Style