AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE (VASE 'ETRUSQUE', 1ER GRANDEUR), THE PORCELAIN DATED 1777, THE HARBOR PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO J.-B.-E. GENEST, THE WREATHS LIKELY BY J.-F. MICAUD, THE ORMOLU LOUIS XVI AND APPARENTLY...

AN ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES PORCELAIN GREEN GROUND TWO-HANDLED VASE (VASE 'ETRUSQUE', 1ER GRANDEUR)
THE PORCELAIN DATED 1777, THE HARBOR PAINTING ATTRIBUTED TO J.-B.-E. GENEST, THE WREATHS LIKELY BY J.-F. MICAUD, THE ORMOLU LOUIS XVI AND APPARENTLY ORIGINAL
Flanked by two upright acanthus loop handles suspending three pendant bell-flowers, the front painted with a Turkish harbor scene, a barrel in the foreground marked 'E & 1777.', the reverse with three entwined garlands of roses, cornflowers and laurel hung from a purple bow, all reserved on a green ground within a gilt ciselé band and further ribbon-tied garlands of laurel, a gilt band of berried laurel running beneath the handles
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high

Provenance

Baron James de Rothschild; Palais Galliéra, Paris, 1 December 1966, lot 60.