A pair of porcelain cobalt blue mantle vases painted in overglaze with flower bunches in reserves, gilding; bronze, casting, embossing, engraving, assembling, gilding.

Porcelain bodies of vases decorated with gilt bronze elements in the form of handles, bases and tops with lids. Thoroughly executed bronze elements: handles in the form of dragons, bases crowned with figures of satyrs and decorated with flower garlands and scrolls - contrast with rich cobalt blue background. Height: 56 and 57.5cm. Minor chip, crack. France, 2nd half 19th century.