A PAIR OF THEODORE DECK GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED VASES CIRCA 1870-75

each glazed in green and set with molded peach branch handles and a bat above a Chinese character, the gilt-bronze feet also cast as peach branches, impressed TH DECK.

Height overall 21 5/9 in.; 54.9 cm Please note: neither vase has been examined beneath the mounts. Both vases have been drilled. One vase with a 1/2-in. flat chip to the edge of one of the leaves of a branch issuing from one handle and similar minor 1/4-in. chip to another leaf; some further very minor tiny chips or abrasions to other leaves. The other vase has a 1/4-in. flat rim chip and some occasional minor chipping or abrasion to leaf edges
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A vase of very similar form, unmounted, and glazed in turquoise and aubergine is illustrated by Martin Levy and Michael Whiteway, Théodore Deck Céramiste, no. 42, where the authors note that "vases of this shape, based on Chinese bronze models, were shown at the Vienna International Exhibition, 1873."