MAGNIFICENT PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASE WITH GENRE SCENES AND LAPIS GROUND

MAGNIFICENT PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASE WITH GENRE SCENES AND LAPIS GROUND

MAGNIFICENT PORCELAIN POTPOURRI VASE WITH GENRE SCENES AND LAPIS GROUND.

France.
Date: End of the 19th c.
Maker/Designer: In the style of Sèvres.
Technique: Porcelain, enriched in colours. Bronze mounting.
Description: Magnificent vase with lid and large bronze foot. Bronze handles on the sides and a dark
lapis ground with gold enamel decoration on the body of the vase. The front sides depict a
finely crafted landscape scene and, opposite, a love scene in a park with a fruit farmer
and farmer's wife in each other's arms.
Measurement: Height in total 74cm.
Mark: Signature "G. Poitvein" in the pictorial fields and a mark in the style of Sèvres on the base and lid.

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Explanations to the Catalogue

France
Porcelain
Vase