Beschreibung:

A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BLACK-GROUND CHINOISERIE VASES (VASES 'A BANDEAU')
1792, DECORATED BY PIERRE-ANDRE LE GUAY AND CHARLES-ANTOINE-DIDIER, THE MOUNTS OF SIMILAR DATE AND ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED SEVRES (HARD PASTE) PORCELAIN BLACK-GROUND CHINOISERIE VASES (VASES 'A BANDEAU') 1792, DECORATED BY PIERRE-ANDRE LE GUAY AND CHARLES-ANTOINE-DIDIER, THE MOUNTS OF SIMILAR DATE AND ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS REMOND Each of baluster form with ormolu dragon handles, the dragons perched on slender tapering fretwork supports terminating at the join of the vase to the socle, the waisted black-ground necks decorated in gold and platinum with pendant interwoven garlands and beads, above central projecting white-ground horizontal bands painted on each side with polychrome chinoiserie scenes of European courtly figures in Oriental costume by pagodas, bridges and urns, the black-ground lower portion decorated in platinum and gold with chinoiserie conical canopies edged with bells below pendant swags and above foliate branches issuing from ribbons with arrows at intervals, each on an ormolu socle cast with a band of berried egg and dart ornament above down-turned stiff-leaves on a circular foot and square plinth base (both with restored chip to top of neck and with an associated crack; one with a tiny chip to top of neck; minor wear to gilding in places) 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high overall (2)