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THBSevres Porcelain Lavender Ground Presentation Vase
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PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveSep 29, 2022
Tillou Estate Day 1 Lots 1-335 including Continental; Old Masters; Asian; Numismatic & Related; Arms & Militaria Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
1874, designed by Albert Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (1824-1887), of bulbous bottle form, faceted, tapering neck, hand painted gilt decoration, central cartouche reads "Exposition des Beaux-Arts/Falguiere/Membre du Jury, Section de Sculpture./1874." for sculptor Alexandre Falguiere (French, 1831-1900), 20-1/2 in.
Note: The form of this vase is recorded in the Sevres Archives from 1874 as "Vase Bouteille Persanne", the shape was based on a Persian metal prototype. Eighteen similar vases were entered for sale in January 1874 and described as "fond sous couverte et decor en or" at a cost of 95 francs each (MNS Archive, Registre Vr 1iere serie, vol.2, fol.247).
For a similar example see Christie's, Sale 12187, Lot 151, 9 October 2016, a pair sold for $10,625.
Provenance: The Estate of Peter H. Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut
Condition
chips and restorations at rim, minor residue, flat chip to neck approx. 1/4 in., wear/rubbing to gilt painted decoration, wear to base, drilled and corked to base
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