A PAIR OF VERY LARGE ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES STYLE PORCELAIN COBALT-BLUE GROUND VASES AND COVERS LATE 19TH CENTURY, SPURIOUS IRON-RED M. IMPLE DE SEVRES MARKS, SIGNED INDISTINCTLY H. AMBLET
Each of baluster form with displaying swan-handles terminating in foliate scrolls, the high domed cover with acorn finial, painted with a military view within a broad raised gilt cartouche incorporating scrolling rinceaux and winged lions, the shoulder and neck applied with Napoleonic emblems including an eagle clutching lightning bolts, the reverse with a deserted battlefield, on socle foot and canted square base applied with fruiting laurel and tasseled festoons, the inside of the cover with spurious presentation marks for the Prince of Murat to the Princess Borghese
453⁄4 in. (116 cm.) high
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Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 April 2001, lot 7.
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Each of baluster form with displaying swan-handles terminating in foliate scrolls, the high domed cover with acorn finial, painted with a military view within a broad raised gilt cartouche incorporating scrolling rinceaux and winged lions, the shoulder and neck applied with Napoleonic emblems including an eagle clutching lightning bolts, the reverse with a deserted battlefield, on socle foot and canted square base applied with fruiting laurel and tasseled festoons, the inside of the cover with spurious presentation marks for the Prince of Murat to the Princess Borghese
453⁄4 in. (116 cm.) high
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Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 April 2001, lot 7.
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