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Lot 64
Sale 5656 - The Collection of Robert & Barbara Safford
Sep 25, 2013
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$8,000 -
12,000
Price Realized
$36,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Large and impressive gilt bronze mounted Sevres style lemon ground porcelain covered urn
The domed spiral-fluted cover over spiral-fluted neck, the body finely painted to show a maiden in diaphonous robes, surrounded by winged putti with roses, signed "Georges Poitevin", well-cast acanthus scroll handles, raised on spiral fluted socle, inset into well-cast gilt bronze base incorporating drapery swags, rosettes and guilloche frieze; inscribed around rim to underside of foot (obscured by mount).
H: 54, W: 22 1/2 in. (over handles)