A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES COBALT BLUE-GROUND PORCELAIN POTPOURRI...

A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES COBALT BLUE-GROUND PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASES AND COVERS ('VASES DULAC')
THE MOUNTS THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, THE SEVRES DATED 1871, THE BLUE GROUND POSSIBLY ADDED OUTSIDE THE FACTORY
Each with domed lid with pinecone finial, above a pierced Vitruvian-scroll frieze and berried laurel band, with dual lion mask handles suspending pelt swags, on a waisted foliate-cast socle and square base with Greek-key border
16 ½ in. (42 cm.) high, 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide, over handles

Provenance
With Partridge Fine Arts, London.
Important French Furniture from the Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 126.
Property from a Texas Collection; Christie's, New York, 16 April 2015, lot 118.