A SEVRES ORMOLU-MOUNTED BEAU BLEU-GROUND SLENDER OVIFORM TWO-HANDLED IMPERIAL PORTRAIT VASE (VASE 'FUSEAU', 2EME GRANDEUR)

A SEVRES ORMOLU-MOUNTED BEAU BLEU-GROUND SLENDER OVIFORM TWO-HANDLED IMPERIAL PORTRAIT VASE (VASE \'FUSEAU\', 2EME GRANDEUR)

1810-13, THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FOOT INCISED 10 and dp MARKS, GREEN DECORATING DATE MARK 15.j.11, THE PORTRAIT SIGNED Constantin

Finely painted with a bust-length portrait of MARIE LOUISE, Empress of France, by Abraham Constantin after François Gérard, the reverse with Imperial emblems, with ormolu eagle-headed scroll handles, supported on an ormolu gadrooned collar and square plinth (one ormolu handle broken and repaired, minute chip to stepped footrim, very minor scratching to interior of gilt rim)

22 in. (56 cm.) high