Lot 866
  • 866

A pair of gilt-ground porcelain campana vases, probably Paris, circa 1820-40

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Porcelain
  • 29cm., 11 1/2 in. high
the twin handles with biscuit faces and headdresses, each upper body painted with a continuous mountainous riverside scene, one with a mill race and distant bridge, the other with a turreted farmhouse by a bridge, within tooled gilt borders, on a fixed plain base,

Condition

Minor rubbing to gilding, mainly on knop and footrim. Upper rim unglazed, so may perhaps lack covers, though this form would not typically have a cover.
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