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A matched large pair of Darte French Empire vases.

Estimate
100 000 - 120 000 SEK
8 720 - 10 500 EUR
9 120 - 10 900 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A matched large pair of Darte French Empire vases.

Mark in red Darte, Palais Royal, no 21. Inventory sticker with lot not 2808. Of baluster shape on a high base, raised handles that finishes in ramsheads. Richly decorated in gold, finely painted with a central floral composition. Height 61 cm.

One with interior star crack to glaze by base. Wear.

Provenance

According to family tradition from the Collection of Carl XIV Johan, Rosendal, Stockholm.

Exhibitions

For another similar pair, see Christies, The Opulent Eye, lot 109. New York, 9 June 2014.

Literature

Svenska Hem i Ord och Bild, Stockholm 1916, Hofstallmästare Carl Gustaf Platen, page 48, depicted in his home on page 47 och 49. In this article it also mentions that they are said to have belonged to the Swedish King Carl XIV Johan.