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A GILT POWDER-BLUE GROUND AND ‘FAMILLE VERTE’ GLOBULAR VASE WITH GILT BRONZE MOUNT
the vase Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, early 18th century; the mount probably French, late 18th century
18,5 cm high
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891).
inv. n. 3679.
The external surface of the globular porcelain vase with two circular medallions with a mythological animal in the landscape and two other lobed cartouches with ‘bird and flowers’ compositions, the four scenes reserved on a powder blue ground with a gilt decoration of stylized lotus scrolls, the gilt bronze Neoclassical mount consisting of a circular base and a shaped cover.
