A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED VASES (VASES 'CARAFE ETRUSQUE', 3EME GRANDEUR), CIRCA 1815, THE CAMEO PAINTING BY J. BODSON, INCISED DC PROBABLY FOR THE TURNER C.-L. DESOINS AND LE PROBABLY FOR THE REPAREUR J.-C. LEGUILLIER

A PAIR OF SEVRES PORCELAIN TWO-HANDLED VASES (VASES 'CARAFE ETRUSQUE', 3EME GRANDEUR)
CIRCA 1815, THE CAMEO PAINTING BY J. BODSON, INCISED DC PROBABLY FOR THE TURNER C.-L. DESOINS AND LE PROBABLY FOR THE REPAREUR J.-C. LEGUILLIER
Each oviform with upright loop handles, the neck with purple faux gadroons enclosing pendant bell-flowers and flower-heads, painted and gilt overall on a dark carmine ground with trelliswork enclosing symbols of the Arts, Sciences, Nature and with rosettes, the lower portion with stiff acanthus leaf-tips alternate with lotus
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) high

Provenance

The Estate of the Late Giuseppe Rossi; Sotheby's, London, 10-12 March 1999, vol. IV, lot 553.