204 A Pair of Berlin Porcelain Vases Germany circa 1825, each decorated on both sides with circular panels simulating micromosaic depicting doves, swans and a hound, on a cream ground, 31cm high £6,000 - £8,000
$9,500 - $12,700 €8,300 - €11,100
These magnificent vases are representative of the flourishing of the Berlin Porcelain Manufactory in the reign of Friedrich Wilhem III during the post-Napoleonic era. At this time there was a great programme of civic and private building in both Potsdam and Berlin and the output of the porcelain factory celebrated this era with views of the palaces and other great landmarks of both cities. Classical urn forms proliferated but what makes these particular vases so unusual is that, instead of the topographical views, the decorated panels depict small scenes in imitation of the Italian revival of Roman micro-mosaics, a further reflection of the Antique. The mosaics are charming pictures of swans on a river and three doves perched around a casket on one vase and a hound seated by a pedestal supporting a burner, with an anchor and an urn of flowers on the other, all in minute detail.
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A Decalcomania Vase Mounted as a Lamp England / France circa 1880, of exceptional scale and with elaborate decoration on an off white ground, depicting Chinese figures in shaped panels to both sides, bordered by further figures, mythical creatures, flowering branches and scattered with birds, insects, and butterflies, mounted as a lamp with bowed silk shade, 84cm high £1,200 - £1,800
$1,900 - $2,900 €1,700 - €2,500
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