FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE 20TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF PATE-SUR-PATE VASES

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Start price: $700

Estimated price: $900 - $1,100

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A pair of European French or English-style Pate Sur Pate porcelain vases. The exterior of the vases is adorned with scenes with cherubs and a foliage motif in the manner of Frederick Schenck. Gilded rims. Pate sur pate is a French term meaning paste on paste. It is a method of porcelain decoration in which a relief design is created on an unfired, unglazed body, usually with a colored body, by applying successive layers of usually white porcelain slip liquid clay with a brush.

From the late 19th century to the early 20th century.

L: 5 1/4 in., (13.3 cm)

Condition: Very Good. Few chips on base of both vases. Very minor scratches/scuffs on surfaces of both.