Lot 159
PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED FAMILLE VERTE POWDER-BLUE GROUND VASES
THE PORCELAIN 18TH/19TH CENTURY
Auction: 7 November 2018 at 16:00 GMT
£1,375
Description
the pear-shaped body below a garlic-neck, each decorated with lobed panels depicting butterflies hovering above blossoming flowers, with later European Ormolu mount (2)
Dimensions
27cm high (overall)
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of an English RAF officer who fought in both World Wars and who purchased the items during his stay in the Far East; thence by direct family descent.