A pair of imitation hispano-moresque winged lustre vases, Europe, probably Italy, 19th century

of baluster form, the ovoid body resting on a splayed foot with tall flaring mouth, the shoulder and upper neck joined by pierced faceted handles, decorated with cobalt and copper lustre on a cream ground, with horizontal registers of alternating vine leaves and rosettes divided by cobalt borders, with solid lustre bands to mouth, foot and shoulder

in good condition, chips to rim and foot, as viewed
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A nineteenth-century vase of similar form and decorated in lustre, produced by the Ginori factory in Italy, is in the Museo delle Porcellane di Doccia (inv.7379/251) and is illustrated in Eredità dell'Islam: Arte islamica in Italia, Venice, p.485, no.302.