The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1725
A rare pair of Chelsea pot pourri vases, c.1771, finely painted possibly by Richard Askew with
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £2772
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Description
A rare pair of Chelsea pot pourri vases, c.1771, finely painted possibly by Richard Askew with scenes from Antoine Banier's edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses, depicting Glaucus, Scylla and Circe, the reverses with panels of flowers, reserved on a claret ground, the flared necks and shoulders finely pierced with an arched design, one handle restored, 15cm. (2)
Exhibited: Chelsea Society Exhibition, 1999, no.120.
The designs on the vase correspond to nos. 126 and 127 in Banier's edition. The sources are illustrated in Geoffrey de Bellaigue's book on the Louis XVI Service, p.101 and p.150. The vases correspond to lot 67 in Christie's auction of 18th April 1771.