Exquisite French Art Nouveau Pair of Sèvres Style Champlevé Enamel and Gilded Porcelain Cabinet Vases, 19th Century
PorcelainsThis spectacular matching pair of nineteenth-century French Sèvres-style mantle urns represents a masterful fusion of elite ceramic artistry and luxury metalwork from the late Victorian era.
Standing at a prominent height of 16.75 inches, each vase features a rare and highly textured gold cracked-ice background glaze over a baluster-form porcelain body. The fronts of the urns are beautifully decorated with hand-painted overglaze botanical scenes depicting large white blossoms that elegantly weave into deep purple morning glories and lush green foliage. This mirrored, asymmetrical floral arrangement ensures the pair presents beautifully as a balanced, facing set on any mantle or console table.
The porcelain cores are secured within intricate gilt-bronze frameworks showcasing exceptional champlevé enameling techniques. The slender, trumpet-form necks, matching removable finial lids, and sculpted pedestal bases feature vibrant, multicolored geometric and arabesque enamel cells inlaid directly into the gilded metalwork. Elaborately scrolled ormulu handles accent the shoulders of the vases, adding a dramatic sculptural silhouette characteristic of high-end Parisian decorative arts. Remaining intact as a complete, unaltered pair with their original lids, these exquisite cabinet pieces are highly desirable acquisitions for discerning collectors of fine French porcelain, cloisonné, and Art Nouveau period antiques.
Dimensions: width 4.5″ x depth 3.75″ x height 16.75″
$2,800.00
1 in stock
