Important Medici Shape Vase In Biscuit And Mehun-sur-yèvre (cher) Porcelain, Louis XVIII
Artist: Porcelaine De Mehun-sur-yèvre (cher)
Important and highly decorative Medici-style vase with handles in the form of bearded old men, made of Mehun-sur-Yèvre (Cher) porcelain. Restoration period, circa 1818-1820. A very fine piece of generous size, with handles on the sides featuring men's faces, lion heads, scrolls, and palmettes on the sides of the square base. The vase is in two parts, assembled with its original stem and nut. Provenance: Manor house in Tarn-et-Garonne. Total height: 39 cm. Diameter: 28.5 cm.
A slightly different example at the foot is kept at the Adrien Dubouché porcelain museum in Limoges (inv. ADL 3705), see the last photographs.
A slightly different example at the foot is kept at the Adrien Dubouché porcelain museum in Limoges (inv. ADL 3705), see the last photographs.
900 €
Period: 19th century
Style: Rome and Antic Greece
Condition: En l'etat
Material: Biscuit
Reference (ID): 1659829
Availability: In stock
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