Lot 406
PAIR OF LARGE VIENNA VASES AND COVERS
19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries Day Two | Thurs 10th September | Lots 256 to 507
Description
of baluster form, painted to one side with a classical scene of maidens within a raised paste gilt border, on a cobalt blue ground with gilt scroll decoration, the reverse with continued gilt scrollwork designs, with twin pierced handles and a domed cover, painted with a figurative scene inscribed ‘Cupid und Cephisa’, the square section base with an enamelled figurative roundel, painted scenes all signed ‘Kauffmann’ in gilt, marked underneath with enamelled blue beehive mark, numbered 118 and 124, each with an inscribed title (2)
Dimensions
90cm high