A pair of Baccarat acid-cameo blue-cased opaline glass vases, circa 1870

each of ovoid form with a flaring neck, the matt ground decorated on either side with the Triumph of Bacchus depicting either Bacchus or Ariadne seated in a chariot drawn by four goats or a pair of tigers, separated by anthemion motifs, the neck with a Greek-key band, with gilded bands at the foot, shoulder and rim,

Both are in generally good condition. There is some flaking to the gilded bands on both and some typical surface scratching to the undersides of the feet.
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A single vase in pink is illustrated by Jean-Louis Curtis, Baccarat, London, 1992, p. 223 and 228, where the technique is described as Pâte-de-riz agate glass cased with pink agate glass, which was exhibited at the 1867 Exposition Universelle, Paris. A similar pair in blue was sold in these rooms on 20th June 2000, lot 199, and a pair in pink was sold at Bonhams London, 19th May 2010, lot 141.