Three French porcelain platinum-ground vases, circa 1878

Three French porcelain platinum-ground vases

circa 1878

each painted with a pair of exotic birds, both perched on blossoming branches, one showing an interest in a passing moth, within gilt borders. comprising: a flattened ovoid vase on four splayed feet, signed V. Vivien, and a pair of two-handled tapering footed vases, the pair with inscribed marks for the Exhibition Univesalle, Paris, 1878

28 cm and 27 cm high

11 in and 10 5/8 in

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