Clock with Vases in Lapis Lazuli and Silver, Vienna, 19th 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...

Pair of green marble “vert de mer” baluster-shaped vases. They are richly decorated with gilt bronze Louis XV-style Rocaille, foliage, flowers, and seeds that wind up around the paun...

Covered pot in patinated bronze in the Louis XVI style, in the taste of Clodion. The main body is covered with a mythological decoration of putti connected to each other by branches of vine and bunches coming out of several horns of plenty, themselves held by a central putto enthroned on top of the lid. The latter, the only one wearing wings, has a serious and concentrated attitude. He stands on top of the triton shell...

Two large covered vases with foot in white Carrara marble of Greek Amphora form, carved with climbing ivy. The shape of the handles have a geometrical for...

A very good quality 19th century Vienna porcelain vase, depicting classical scenes and gilded borders.

Spanish silver vase by the Barcelona based firm of Bagues with applied foliate and leaf shaped designs inset with round lapis lazuli stones. 11 by 4 1/4 inches. Signed BAGUES with...

A fine quality 19th century Royal Vienna hand painted porcelain covered Potpourri vase / urn. Constructed in three pieces with a lid and a se...

An impressive imperial-style Vienna vase, hand-painted with cartouches of Greek mythological scenes. The gilt porcelain handles are in the shape of coiled serpents and the body is el...