Charles X Paris Porcelain Troubadour Vases
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A pair of Charles X Paris Porcelain vases; each of ovoid form with winged caryatid handles, the reserves painted in 'Le style Troubadour' of courting couples on gold enamelled ground, with later wooden bases and covers. Height overall 46 cm
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- Oviform /ovoid - The outline loosely resembling the shape of an egg.
- Caryatid - A Greek term that in architecture applies to a carved or cast female figures that acts as a column or pillar, supporting an entablature on her head.
In decorative arts , in furniture of the Renaissance and Classical Revival periods. Male figures are known as Atlantes.
Carved figures are rare on Australian furniture until the later 19th century, Australian craftsmen generally preferring to adopt the designs of the pattern books to rather more simple forms, such as scrolls or columns.
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