A pair of gilt-bronze mounted green porphyry vases, possibly Russian Directoire, circa 1790

each of baluster form with a ribbed band below the neck with swan neck handles and a band of lotus leaves around the base on a trumpet foot and leaf cast square base; restored

Good quality casting to gilt-bronze. One of the vases shows repair to the neck and body and the gilt-bronze collar is slightly loose and needs re-fixing. The other vase is also restored and there is evidence of an old glue repair where the handles join the body. There are some miniscule chips to the porphyry and a deep scratch above the leaf-cast section. In overall good restored condition.
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A related pair of vases in white Locré porcelain with similar handle mounts originally with Galerie Jacques Seligmann & Cie, 1943, was sold as lot 276, from the collection of a Grand Amateur Européen, Christie's, Paris, 14th December 2004.