French Porcelain Vases With Architectural Scenes

Description

French Architectural Porcelain Vases,
A Pair,
Late 19th Century

The French porcelain urn-form vases with architectural scenes to back and … more French Architectural Porcelain Vases,
A Pair,
Late 19th Century

The French porcelain urn-form vases with architectural scenes to back and front within a gilt border on cobalt ground with gilt highlights, mounted with mask handles, on a square base, the foot with a laurel leaf band.

Dimensions: Height 14 inches x 7 1/4 inches wide x 5 1/2 inches deep (35.5cm high).

Mark: Pseudo Sevres mark

Provenance: From the Collection of Jose Menache Neistein

JOSÉ MENACHE NEISTEIN (1934-2020) was born in São Paulo, Brazil in a Jewish immigrant family. He was an intellectual and appreciator of different artistic and cultural fields, performing throughout his life activities as a critic, teacher, curator, cultural attache, lecturer, and art collector.

Residing in the United States from 1970 to 2020, Neistein was invited by the Itamaraty to occupy the position of Cultural Attaché at the Brazilian Embassy as Executive-Director of the Brazilian-American Cultural Institute (BACI) in Washington D.C. During the same period, Prof. Neistein was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a Contributing Editor for the
Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress.

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