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Pair of Worcester Hexagonal Vases and Covers


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Dates Circa 1765 - 1768
Dimensions
29.20cm high (11.50 inches high)
Medium Porcelain
Origin England
Description An exceptional pair of first period Worcester tapering hexagonal vases with domed covers and pointed finials, each richly decorated in Kakiemon style with Dragon like creatures coiled around a bamboo stalk, alternating with panels of flowering plants and insects, reserved on a shagreen ground, the shoulders and the rims of the covers with dense iron red scroll work.
Provenance Phelps Collection
Zorensky Collection
Exhibitions Another somewhat similar vase in the Dyson Perrins Museum, Worcester, illustrated colour frontispiece Hobson's 'Worcester Porcelain'