Monumental lidded vase in cobalt
blue.
Pinecone-form finial atop a domed
gilt-painted cobalt-ground lid
monogrammed 'N', atop a
conforming gilt-highlighted collar,
the oviform body painted with a
continuous scene of Napoleon and
his troops on the battlefield, over a
stepped socle above a spreading
circular gilt-highlighted foot, raised
overall on a square plinth.
Late 19th century.
- (CB.76)
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