Two Meissen Reticulated Vases Allegorical of Water and Air, Circa 1755

Property from the Collection of the Late Paula and Don Gaston

Two Meissen Reticulated Vases Allegorical of Water and Air, Circa 1755

modelled by J.J. Kändler, Air modelled as a pierced ovoid basketwork vase with rocailles on a scroll-moulded base applied with a winged putto holding a bellows, Water modelled as an ovoid basketwork eel-trap with a flared neck flanked by water reeds, on a scroll-moulded base applied with a putto holding a net, and a crayfish to the otherside, Air vase with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue

height of tallest 12 1/2 in.

31.8 cm