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Property from an Important Private Collection, United Kingdom

A large ormolu-mounted porcelain vase, Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St Petersburg, period of Nicholas I, circa 1848

Auction Closed

November 26, 05:37 PM GMT

Estimate

180,000 - 250,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of ovoid form, the front panel painted after 17th-century Dutch artist Franz von Mieris the Elder's The Oyster Meal (1659), the back with ornament in ciselé gilt, white flowerheads on bright blue background, flared neck and foot, flanked by scrolling leaf handles, indistinctly marked in gilt, a rubbed illegible date and signature on the lip


height 74.5cm; 29 3/8 in.

Galerie Camoin Antiquités, Paris