Medicean vase in French De Paris porcelain hand-painted in pure gold, 19th century

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Historic Medici vase with a square base, made in France in white porcelain, inspired by the famous Medici vase The Medici vase is one of the best known objects of ancient art; the ancient specimen, of neo-Attic origin, was found and inventoried in the Villa Medici in Rome, from which it took its name, today it is kept in the Uffizi Museum in Florence; the exceptional decoration that fills the whole central part of the vase is entirely hand painted and the artist has executed the representation with meticulousness and skill, taking care of the entire work down to the smallest detail; on one side there is a bucolic rural landscape with trees and farmhouses on the banks of a quiet mountain lake; on the opposite side the artist painted two cows and three goats, one of which milked by a young peasant woman; the square base, part of the central area and the handles are finished with the application of pure gold; each handle is supported by two satyr heads. The vase was made between 1820 and 1829, in the middle of the French Restoration, in an artisan workshop near Paris by master craftsmen respecting the ancient traditions and the raw material (kaolin). The vase is in good condition; the painting is perfect; on the base, in the part where it joins the vase, the porcelain is a little chipped (see photo) but this small defect is aesthetically very little visible; under the base, there are rust drips due to the oxidation of the metal frame that holds the parts of the vase together, which under the base are irrelevant for aesthetic purposes; in some parts, the pure gold appears worn, but this makes the object much more fascinating and historically interesting.

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