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Lot 414

A fine pair of Minton Sèvres-style vases and covers, circa 1900

17 May 2017, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A fine pair of Minton Sèvres-style vases and covers, circa 1900

Of shape number 469, the ovoid vases with 'perforated chain handles', painted on one side by Lucien Boullemier with harbour scenes after Morin, the reverse with floral sprays, each panel framed with a laurel garland in raised and tooled gold, the deep blue grounds gilt with oeil de perdrix on the feet, necks and covers, 42.5cm high, gold globe marks, incised 469 (4)

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Provenance:
Minton Museum Collection

An identical scene after Morin is found on a Minton 'vase hollandais' illustrated by Paul Atterbury and Maureen Batkin, The Dictionary of Minton (1990), p.187. A smaller vase of the same shape, also from the Minton Museum, was sold by Bonhams, 5 October 2004, lot 17 and was illustrated alongside the original drawing of the form from the Minton shape books

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