Pair of Large Bronze-Mounted Celadon and Gilt Covered Potpourri Jars, circa 1870

The bronze mounts are impressed "France".

Pair of Meissen covered potpourri vases, circa 1745.

On faux marble bases.

Pair of bronze mounted crackled celadon vases, French, circa 1880.

A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Chinese Celadon-Ground and Slip Decorated Porcelain Vases. These vases of Chinese celadon porcelain from the late Quing Dynasty are slip-decorated with willow trees and prunus flowers. The finely sculpted gilt-bronze handles are modelled as winged merman term figures running on berried scrolled clasps to a rocaille raised foot. These superb vases are in the tradition for mounting Chinese porcelain with gilt-bronze accoutrements made by ciseleur-doreurs such as Pierre Gouthière for the marchand-merciers, namely Dominique Daguerre and Simon-Philippe Poirier. The practice continued into the nineteenth century when Prince Regent, later George IV (1762-1830), sent Chinese porcelain vases from the Royal...

A Fine Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Vases and Covers. The painted reserves signed 'G. Poitevin.'. This fine pair of pair of vase...

A large and magnificent pair of 19th century Sevres style gilt-bronze mounted vases and covers. Measure: Height 95 cm. The blue urn shaped body painted with a courting couple, sig...

Pair of very large (45 inch tall) gilt bronze mounted French crystal glass urns or vases of ovoid form with gadrooning at the shoulder and stylized guilloche motif around the waist, ...