Vases Matching, French, Louis XVI, Blanc De Chine, Putto Vases, Vases, Angel, Cherub, Porcelain

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RARE - Price is for the one pair - Two matching Louis XVI style blanc-de-Chine bisque porcelain allegorical putto vases and each mounted on a bronze base (gold colored guilding) and hallmarked "Made in France" on underside.
CIRCA: Early 20th Century - early 1900's
ORIGIN: France
DIMENSIONS: H: 9" W: 5" L: 5.25"
CONDITION: Good Condition, minor wear. AS IS

This is truly a rare find and opportunity to own such unique vintage French art. These are the real deal. You will not find this quality in stores today. The bisque vases are in extremely good condition. They are absolutely gorgeous. They could possibly be used as candelabra's or small flower decorations in the cornucopia to set these off to your style.

A putto is a figure in a work of art depicted as a chubby male child, usually naked and very often winged. Originally limited to profane passions in symbolism. The putto came to represent a sort of baby angel in religious art, often called a cherub (plural cherubim), though in traditional Christian theology a cherub is actually one of the most senior types of angel.

The same figures were also seen in representations of classical myth, and increasingly in general decorative art. In Baroque art the putto came to represent the omnipresence of God. A putto representing a cupid is also called an amorino (plural amorini) or amoretto (plural amoretti).

Putti, cupids, and angels (see below) can be found in both religious and secular art from the 1420s in Italy, the turn of the 16th century in the Netherlands and Germany, the Mannerist period and late Renaissance in France, and throughout Baroque ceiling frescoes. Many artists have depicted them, but among the best-known are the sculptor Donatello and the painter Raphael. The two relaxed and curious putti who appear at the foot of Raphael's Sistine Madonna are often reproduced.