Sunday Interiors
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Sunday 9th March 2014 at 11.30am
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475
A FINE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT
‘MARIEBERG’ VASES AND COVERS, C1780,
after the Swedish originals, the fitted covers with lotus
bud finials, over urn shaped bodies with gilt ‘pistol
grip’ handles and tapering neck, over dipped spiral gilt
panels bordered by moulded bellflower swags, centred
with oval reserve, painted with butterflies, insects
and flowers on squared pedestal foot. 35cm high.
Provenance: Beaulieu House, Drogheda, Co.
Louth, sold by order of the Executors
€2500 - 4000
476
A CONTINENTAL PAINTED PORCELAIN \
MUSICAL FIGURAL GROUP,
depicting a lady playing a white grand piano, a piper
wearing an elaborate gilt jacket decorated in poly-
chrome enamel flower heads, and a cello player, each
draped in elaborate Victorian dress with intricate lace
collars and cuffs, atop a shaped base with scattered
encrusted flowers with scrolling rims highlighted in
gilt with central fleur de lis. Marked to the base in
underglaze blue. 46cm wide, 33cm deep, 38cm high
€800 - 1200
477
A PAIR OF FRENCH 19TH CENTURY PAINTED
PORCELAIN VASES
in the Sévres style, of squared baluster form,
painted with classical romantic scenes with gilt
vignettes against a speckled blue ground, the
sides applied with acanthus leaf handles, and foli-
ate scroll feet on a platform base. 29.5cm high
€600 - 1000
Lot 475
Lot 476
Lot 477
