A PAIR OF PARIS PORCELAIN PURPLE-GROUND VASES, MOUNTED AS LAMPS...

A PAIR OF PARIS PORCELAIN PURPLE-GROUND VASES, MOUNTED AS LAMPS
CIRCA 1820
Each amphora-form vase painted with a scene of peasants dancing after David Teniers the Elder in a gilt rectangular frame, flanked by scrolling acanthus handles with terminals as palmettes and ladies' heads, the reverse with a gilt basket of fruit, the socle bases on square plinths, later mounted to giltwood square feet for electrification, together with a pair of lampshades
13 in. (33 cm.) high, the porcelain

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 21 May 1988, lot 38.