May 20, 2014 10:00 EST
English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
177
Pair of Russian hand-painted and gilt decorated blue ground vases
mid 19th century
Each body painted to show a country couple in a bucolic landscape, above relief-molded gilt-painted acanthus scrolls, raised on circular socle on gilt bronze base.
H: 39, D: 13 in.
Provenance: From the collection of Robert and Barbara Safford, removed from Vaux Hill, Pennsylvania.
Sold for $230,500
Estimated at $30,000 - $50,000
Each body painted to show a country couple in a bucolic landscape, above relief-molded gilt-painted acanthus scrolls, raised on circular socle on gilt bronze base.
Provenance: From the collection of Robert and Barbara Safford, removed from Vaux Hill, Pennsylvania.
