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Sevres Porcelain Lavender Ground Presentation Vase

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Sevres Porcelain Lavender Ground Presentation Vase
Sevres Porcelain Lavender Ground Presentation Vase
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Description

1874, designed by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887), of bulbous bottle form, faceted, tapering neck, hand painted gilt decoration, central cartouche reads "Exposition des Beaux-Arts/Falguiere/Membre du Jury, Section de Sculpture./1874." for sculptor Alexandre Falguiere (French, 1831-1900), 20-1/2 in.

Note: The form of this vase is recorded in the Sevres Archives from 1874 as "Vase Bouteille Persanne", the shape was based on a Persian metal prototype. Eighteen similar vases were entered for sale in January 1874 and described as "fond sous couverte et decor en or" at a cost of 95 francs each (MNS Archive, Registre Vr 1iere serie, vol.2, fol.247).

For a similar example see Christie's, Sale 12187, Lot 151, 9 October 2016, a pair sold for $10,625.

Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut

Condition

chips and restorations at rim, minor residue, flat chip to neck approx. 1/4 in., wear/rubbing to gilt painted decoration, wear to base, drilled and corked to base

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Sevres Porcelain Lavender Ground Presentation Vase

Estimate $2,000 - $4,000
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Starting Price $1,000
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