A Siamese Cupid: an exceptional Minton Pâte-sur-pâte bottle vase and cover by Mark Louis Solon, circa 1901-2
Of 'Siamese Bottle' shape with a flattened heart-shaped body with a modelled tubular neck and wide, circular base, decorated in white pâte-sur-pâte on a slate-blue ground with a seated Siamese woman dressed in exquisite costume, a Cupid represented as a child held in her hands, naked except for a mokot or pointed headdress, the scene watched over by temple lions against a ground of leafy foliage, signed L Solon, on the reverse a dancing Siamese child holds a bow and arrow, the neck, sides and foot of the vase enriched with raised-paste gilding, 38cm high, gold globe mark (cover restored), sold together with a book, discussed below (3)