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Lot 318

A pair of Chelsea vases, circa 1760

18 May 2016, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A pair of Chelsea vases, circa 1760

Of tapering square section, finely painted in puce monochrome on all four sides with fancy birds perched in branches, smaller panels on the shoulders and necks, reserved upon a dark mazarine blue ground enriched with gilt scrollwork, the rims moulded and gilt with a band of stiff leaves, 32cm high, gold anchor marks (damaged and restored) (2)

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A pair of similarly shaped vases is illustrated by J V G Mallet, Chelsea Gold Anchor Vases, ECC Trans, Vol 17, Pt 1, p 126 and another was sold by Bonhams, 6 June 2007, lot 212.

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