Pair of Meissen beaker shaped porcelain vases, 'chinoiserie' scene

An image of Pair of Vases. Meissen Porcelain Factory, production, Germany, Saxony, Meissen. Höroldt, Johann Gregor, in the style of (German, 1696-1775). C.5A-1963: Beaker shaped hard paste porcelain vase, with a yellow ground and two reserved panels, surrounded by a frame of flowers and leaves. Each panel is painted with a 'chinoiserie' scene, in the style of J. G. Herold. One of a pair. The vase stands on a circular foot. The lower part of its sides curve outwards for a short distance, and then contract a little before expanding towards the wide everted rim. The curved lower part has a white ground decorated on each side with an arrangement of flowers and foliage. The upper part has a bright yellow ground, with on each side a Chinoiserie scene in an oval reserve framed by two sprays of flowers and leaves curving upwards on either side from a central point at the bottom of the reserve.. One reserve is decorated with a little boy, a man (or perhaps woman) holding a fixed fan bedecked with red ribbons, and standing beside a large pot and a plant. To their right is a Chinaman man facing towards them, holding a spoon in his left handl. Overhead there are three fanciful birds and three insects. The second reserve is decorated with a man holding a parasol standing beside a woman who holds a fan in her right hand and with her left points towards a young boy who approaches holding a box. Overhead there are four insects and one fanciful bird. Round the junction of the foot and lower body there is a broad gold band. Hard-paste porcelain, glazed, and decorated with bright yellow ground colour, painting in bluish-grey, pale turquoise, green, red, purple and black enamels, and gilding. Height, whole, 22.4, cm, width, whole, 16.8, cm, width, base, 8, cm, circa 1735 to 1745, possibly later. Chinoiserie. Höroldtmalerei.
C.5B-1963: STOLEN. Beaker shaped hard paste porcelain vase, one of a pair. Yellow ground with two reserved panels, surrounded by a frame of flowers and leaves. Each panel i

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Pair of Vases. Meissen Porcelain Factory, production, Germany, Saxony, Meissen. Höroldt, Johann Gregor, in the style of (German, 1696-1775). C.5A-1963: Beaker shaped hard paste porcelain vase, with a yellow ground and two reserved panels, surrounded by a frame of flowers and leaves. Each panel is painted with a 'chinoiserie' scene, in the style of J. G. Herold. One of a pair. The vase stands on a circular foot. The lower part of its sides curve outwards for a short distance, and then contract a little before expanding towards the wide everted rim. The curved lower part has a white ground decorated on each side with an arrangement of flowers and foliage. The upper part has a bright yellow ground, with on each side a Chinoiserie scene in an oval reserve framed by two sprays of flowers and leaves curving upwards on either side from a central point at the bottom of the reserve.. One reserve is decorated with a little boy, a man (or perhaps woman) holding a fixed fan bedecked with red ribbons, and standing beside a large pot and a plant. To their right is a Chinaman man facing towards them, holding a spoon in his left handl. Overhead there are three fanciful birds and three insects. The second reserve is decorated with a man holding a parasol standing beside a woman who holds a fan in her right hand and with her left points towards a young boy who approaches holding a box. Overhead there are four insects and one fanciful bird. Round the junction of the foot and lower body there is a broad gold band. Hard-paste porcelain, glazed, and decorated with bright yellow ground colour, painting in bluish-grey, pale turquoise, green, red, purple and black enamels, and gilding. Height, whole, 22.4, cm, width, whole, 16.8, cm, width, base, 8, cm, circa 1735 to 1745, possibly later. Chinoiserie. Höroldtmalerei. C.5B-1963: STOLEN. Beaker shaped hard paste porcelain vase, one of a pair. Yellow ground with two reserved panels, surrounded by a frame of flowers and leaves. Each panel i

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