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Pair of French Porcelain Medici Vases
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Pair of French Porcelain Medici Vases

19th century
Description

Pair of mid 19th century porcelain French Medici vases with attractive river landscapes painted on each vase. The vases have unusual details handles which are gilt with a white bearded mans face below each handle.

Dimensions - 25 x 19 cm

Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated these French Porcelain Medici Vases to the 19th Century.

Physical Dimensions
Height
25cm (9.84")
Width
19cm (7.48")
Depth
19cm (7.48")
Reference Numbers
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SA1158918
Description
Pair of mid 19th century porcelain French Medici vases with attractive river landscapes painted on each vase.
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The vases have unusual details handles which are gilt with a white bearded mans face below each handle.
Rue des Fontenelles

Dimensions - 25 x 19 cm

Date of Manufacture

Rue des Fontenelles has dated these French Porcelain Medici Vases to the 19th Century.

Height
25cm (9.84")
Width
19cm (7.48")
Depth
19cm (7.48")
Reference Numbers
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SA1158918
Rue des Fontenelles
Sellingantiques verified Since Mar 2015

Specialists in french antiiques, decorative objects and french and european paintings.

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A pair of French porcelain Medici vases featuring hand-painted landscape scenes, gilded side handles, and gold leaf pedestals.
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Archive I A pair of French porcelain Medici vases featuring hand-painted landscape scenes, gilded side handles, and gold leaf pedestals.

Pair of French Porcelain Medici Vases

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A pair of French porcelain Medici vases featuring hand-painted landscape scenes, gilded side handles, and gold leaf pedestals.
Pair of French Porcelain Medici Vases
Ref: SA1158918
A pair of French porcelain Medici vases featuring hand-painted landscape scenes, gilded side handles, and gold leaf pedestals.
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  • ObjectVases & Urns
  • Period19th century
  • StyleFrench Empire
  • MaterialHard-paste Porcelain, Gilt
  • ColourGold and Multicoloured
  • MotifsMedici urn form, Hand-painted landscape scene, Gilded scroll handles, Square pedestal base
  • SizeH 25 cm (10 in) x W 19 cm (7 in) x D 19 cm (7 in)

This pair of nineteenth century French Empire style Medici vases is made of hard-paste porcelain with a multi-coloured glaze and extensive gold leaf finish. Each urn-shaped vessel stands on a square pedestal base and features a wide flared rim, turned pedestal foot, and gilded scroll handles with a white bearded man's face moulding beneath each handle. The bodies of the vases display hand-painted landscape scenes depicting rural buildings, rivers, and trees against a sky background. Wear and gilt loss are visible on the surfaces, particularly along the rims and handles. Each vase measures 25 cm high, 19 cm wide, and 19 cm deep. These decorative objects suit placement on a mantelpiece or side table in a living room or study to bring classic nineteenth-century French chateau style to an interior space.

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A Medici vase is a bell-shaped crater urn form inspired by ancient Roman marble vessels, widely popularised across Europe during the Neoclassical and French Empire eras.

These vessels were slip-cast using hard-paste porcelain, hand-painted with detailed enamel scenes, and decorated with burnished gold leaf gilding before final kiln firing.

Authentic examples typically feature precise hand-painted topographical or architectural vignettes, natural surface wear to high-contact gilded areas, heavy square pedestal bases, and occasional painter marks underneath.

Position the pair symmetrically on a fireplace mantelpiece, sideboard, or console table to establish structural symmetry and classical balance within contemporary living spaces.

Dust gently with a soft microfibre cloth or dry soft-bristled brush, avoiding water immersion, liquid detergents, or abrasive polishes that can strip delicate gold leaf decoration.
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