Antique Old Paris Porcelain Pair Vases Hand Painted Figural Scenes Blue Gilt 11”

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Beautiful pair of antique hand-painted porcelain vases, likely 19th-century Continental / Old Paris type, each featuring finely detailed figural scenes … Read more Beautiful pair of antique hand-painted porcelain vases, likely 19th-century Continental / Old Paris type, each featuring finely detailed figural scenes surrounded by elaborate floral and foliate decoration.

The unusual rectangular-form vases have a lovely powder-blue ground with gilt-edged flared rims and bases. Each front features a different hand-painted romantic figural scene with elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen in period costume. The scenes are framed by an especially attractive architectural trellis border covered with colorful foliage and highlighted in gold.

The reverse of each vase is decorated with a hand-painted floral spray against the blue ground. The combination of the detailed figural painting, flowers, extensive gilding and unusual flattened rectangular shape makes this a particularly decorative matched pair.

Both have impressed numbers/marks on the undersides, visible in the photographs. We have not positively identified the manufacturer and are therefore selling them as Old Paris / Continental porcelain rather than making a specific factory attribution.

Each measures approximately 11” high x 6” wide x 4” deep.

Very nice antique display condition overall with expected minor age-related surface wear and some rubbing/wear to the gilding. There appear to be a few minor manufacturing/firing imperfections and typical signs of age. Please examine the photographs closely, as they are an important part of the condition description.

A striking matched pair for a collection of Old Paris, French or Continental porcelain, or simply as decorative mantel or cabinet pieces. See less