Lot 4 | A PAIR OF MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE DOVE-GREY VASES, 'CERCEAUX'
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A PAIR OF MINTONS PATE-SUR-PATE DOVE-GREY VASES, 'CERCEAUX'
Dated 1875, gilt crowned globe marks, listed as shape no. 1937, signed either L.(ouis) Solon or with an MLS monogram
Of baluster form, the trumpet neck with a beaded collar, flanked by gilt enriched rope-twist handles with bearded Bacchic head terminals, each finely painted and hand-tooled in white slip with classical companion figures holding hoops, he with a cockerel perched on his left hand; she with arms open wide in a stance of surprise, above a key-pattern band, the reverse with opposing theatrical masks emblematic of Comedy and Tragedy suspended from ribbon-tied bows entwined with trailing vine, on a stepped flaring foot
16 in. (40.5 cm.) high (2)
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Auction Title
Mintons Pâte-sur-Pâte Masterworks from a Distinguished Private Collection
Auction Date
2008
