3383 - Potschappel Dresden large potpourri vase

Potschappel Dresden large potpourri vase in the Sèvres style, hand-painted blue mark from 1901 onwards, brush number Dec: 1349, two-piece assembled amphora shape, on an octagonal plinth with four claw-foot supports and a quatrefoil-curved base; a tapered body with two high-set handles and an openwork lid with a bud-shaped knob, sumptuously decorated with a ‘bleu céleste’ background and four-sided reserves, containing lavish bouquets and baskets of flowers against a grey background, as well as encircling flowering branches in fine polychrome overglaze painting, on all sides, filigree relief gilding forming framing laurel wreaths and garlands of roses, gold ornamentation and gold borders; in good condition for its age; H 57 cm.