A Sèvres bleu nouveau-ground garniture of three flower vases, 'cuvette Mahon' and 'cuvette Courteille', circa 1765
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May 22, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the central 'cuvette Mahon' of the first size, of bombé form on scroll-moulded feet, the pair of 'cuvettes Courteille', of the third size, with scroll-moulded feet and foliate scroll handles, each reserved with an oval panel painted with a pastoral scene, after François Boucher, with a shepherd and shepherdess in wooded landscape with sheep or dogs at their side, framed within gilt flowerhead borders, the reverse of the central vase with a gilt flower wreath
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Width of central vase 28.5 cm., 11 1/4 in.
Width of pair of vases: 23.8 cm., 9 3/8 in.
Gilbert Lévy, sold; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 23 November 1967, lot 108
Rosalind Savill, The Wallace Collection of Sèvres Porcelain, vol. I, London 1988, p. 53, note 2 (y), unillustrated;
Rebecca Shaw, A Thing of Beauty is a Joy For Ever: Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain from a Private Collection, London, 2017, pp. 88-91
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