A VIENNA PORCELAIN GILT-METAL-MOUNTED LARGE GOLD-GROUND VASE CIRCA 1817

finely painted with a continuous band of colorful summer flowers and leaves below a gilt foliate border around the rim, above the burnished body tooled with fruiting vine motifs, the flared foot with a tooled border of alternating pendant grapes and stiff leaves, set on a gilt square plinth, shield mark in underglaze-blue, gilder's mark iii, impressed date codes 816 and 817 to base of vase.

Sold, Sotheby's, London, July 14, 1998, lot 158

Minor occasional wear to gilding, especially on the rim; occasional minor scratches. There is an approximate 1-inch area below the flower band, where the glaze is scratched.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
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A similar vase on a pedestal is illustrated by Wilhelm Mrazek and Waltraud Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan, 1718-1864, pl. 95, no. 717.