A pair of Paris porcelain lavender-ground vases late 19th century

each decorated in the Egyptian style and painted with birds or butterflies amidst pink sprays of roses and gilt grasses, raised on four scroll feet applied with papyri, incised numeral 1250.

Possibly lacking covers. Each with some wear to the gilding; otherwise in generally good condition.
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