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Lot 92^*

An important pair of Worcester vases circa 1770-75

Sold for £ 9,560 (US$ 11,764) inc. premium

The Zorensky Collection of Worcester Porcelain, Part 2

23 Feb 2005, 10:30 GMT

An important pair of Worcester vases

circa 1770-75
of hexagonal baluster shape, the tall necks everted at the rim, fully decorated with the famille verte 'Dragons in Compartments' pattern, comprising alternating panels of dragons and vases, all on low tables, spandrels above and below of green shagreen and iron red, the neck and rim with a cell border in red reserved with stylised flowerhead panels edged in blue, the details and rims all picked out in gold, the bases with a broad border of a gilt diaper design reserved with roundels, 25cm (9 7/8in) (minor wear, cracks and break in one neck restored) (2)

Footnotes

Zorensky catalogue, fig. 198. Provenance: sold in these rooms 12 June 1985, lot 194. Illustrated by John Sandon, Phillips Guide to English Porcelain, p. 55 and Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain, p. 134. The shape of these vases with the everted rim is a great rarity and was possibly made to form a garniture with one or more of the standard hexagonal vases with covers. Two covered hexagonal vases are known in this pattern, one of which, in the Dyson Perrins collection, is illustrated by R L Hobson, Worcester Porcelain, pl. 33

An important pair of Worcester vases circa 1770-75

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