Pair Of Japanese Style Porcelain Vase Signed l'Escalier De Cristal Mid-19th Century

Pair of Japanese style porcelain vase signed the crystal staircase mid-19th century Vases made by "L'Escalier de Cristal" in Paris, signed under the base The crystal staircase is an old Parisian house created by Marie Desarnaud, in 1804. Famous during the Restoration, she was the first merchant of her time to offer clocks, candelabras, ornamental vases which combine cut crystal and gilded bronze The crystal staircase at the Universal Exhibition of 1867 revives the taste for Sino-Japanese art Many pieces of furniture and ornamental objects were then made in this style but adapted to European taste this vase would be part of these Japanese productions from the mid-19th century Hard paste porcelain vases with an enhanced powdery brown background gold and silver to form motifs of bmbous and cranes. This decoration imitates the Vietnamese/Chinese nielloed bronzes of the South East. The powdered brown glaze imitates bronzes, imitations of materials from others are a widespread aesthetic element in Chinese art. The vases are decorated on both sides with two elephant heads in sculpted and patinated bronze. These works are excellently executed and illustrate the quality of the house, the crystal staircase and the French Sino-Japanese movement which will be a precursor of the 'Art Nouveau. drilled to be mounted as a lamp Dimensions 33 x 23 x 16 cm