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A matched large pair of Darte French Empire vases.
Estimate
100 000 - 120 000 SEK
8 950 - 10 700 EUR
9 160 - 11 000 USD
Hammer price
80 000 SEK
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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.