A PAIR OF PIERCED DECORATIVE VASES

A PAIR OF PIERCED DECORATIVE VASES
Meissen, ca. 1760.Baluster-shaped vases with basket-shaped piercing and decorated with gold. Applied blossoms and leaves. Without marks.H 17 cm.- Minor chips and restorations.

For similarly-designed vases from the extensive orders for Frederick II King of Prussia during the Seven Years' War, see S. Wittwer, Keramos 208/2010, p. 25, Ill. 7 and p. 40, Ill. 20.