Blue ceramic vase with Napoleon III decoration, late 19th century

Blue vase on red marble column in Napoleon III style, early 20th century. Splendid cobalt blue vase with gilt bronze details housed interlockingly on French red marble and gilt bron...

Pair Of Vases With Reliefs Of Children And Foliage In Art Nouveau Style, Early 20th Century.

Bulb-bottomed vase with long neck decorated with multicolored enamel and gold. It is embellished with arabesques, flowers and latticework patterns in orientalist taste on a marbled Bordeaux background. Remnants of a mark underneath. The fascination with the orient and its exotic decoration dominated the 18th-19th centuries. It was China that started the enthusiasm for the costumes and artistic shapes that came from faraway lands. However, as a result of conquests and colonial Expansion, this fascination saw the displacement of its origins. During the 18th century, Chinese and Turkish styles invaded the salons and gardens of royalty as well as affluent esthetes who prided themselves on their taste for The Orient. From then on, baths were Turkish, furniture was lacquered, Persian tapestries...

Glazed ceramic vase. France, late 19th century.