Louis-Philippe Enameled Opaline Vases

Baluster shaped vase in white, enameled opaline, with a multicolored decoration featuring bouquets of flowers on a white background. Gilded arabesques and latticework surround the bo...

Pair of vases in white opaline and shaped like inverted balusters. The mouths of the vases have large waves, and the sides are decorated with branches of roses that are tied at the b...

Pair of white opaline glass vases decorated with gilded Gothic arcades and medieval figures playing music or dancing. Each vase rests on a square gilt bronze base embellished with fo...

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...

Early 19th century pair of Medici vases in bulle de savon (soap bubble) opaline. The bodies are decorated with two medallions depicting two bouque...

Pair of porcelain Medici vases set on high, square bases. All sides of the vases are decorated with bouquets of multicolored flowers on white background with accents of gold foliage ...

An exeptional pair of vases made of two-layers enamelled opaline glass, opaque white on the inside and pink on the outside, the circular bodies richly hand-painted all around with gi...

Pair of vases with hand-painted flowers on opaline glass. We see pink, purple, orange, lilac, and white flowers, all naturalistically rendered. The roses, daisies, and morning glory...

Pair of flared vases with handles made of two-tone opal glass, pink and milky white stunning wavy edges hand-painted all around with colorful enamel Bohemia, Moser, late 19th cen...

An exceptional vase with two handles made of pink opaline alabaster glass, together with a matching goblet, barfatan, painted all around with enamel decoration, the circular body is ...

An exquisite large pair of vases in enamelled blue alabaster opaline glass Bohemia, 19th century Beautiful circular body decorated all through with gilded enamel and gilding highli...

Very beautiful pale pink vase of Napoleon 3 period. It is decorated with flowers and foliage in brown, white and green tones. It is made of opaline, a...