Pair of Gilt Bronze-mounted Sevres-style Porcelain Vases

Description:

Pair of Gilt Bronze-mounted Sevres-style Porcelain Vases, France, late 19th/early 20th century, each urn-form with two painted scenes: one featuring young figures within bucolic landscapes and another of birds nesting within flowers, framed within gilt-accented cartouches to a cobalt ground, unsigned, total ht. 32 3/4 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

One vase missing two "jewels" to border surrounding figures; one vase missing all jewels. No covers.


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