A SET OF SAMSON SAFAVID STYLE POTTERIES FRANCE, 19TH CENTU...

Estimate

£6,000 - £10,000

A SET OF SAMSON SAFAVID STYLE POTTERIES
FRANCE,
19TH CENTURY
A SAMSON SAFAVID STYLE URN, Of elegant pear-like shape, resting on a splayed foot and featuring curved handles at both ends and a flaring neck, the surface adorned with cobalt blue, turquoise and gold motifs against a white background, embellished with lobed diamond-shaped medallions enclosing intricate vegetal interlace patterns, bands of repeated cusped cartouches containing captivating arabesque interlace designs below and on the neck, outer rim enriched with bands of foliate scrollwork, height 33cm

For a pair of Samson vases featuring a similar decorative scheme to the present lot sold at Christie's, see Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 6 October 2011, lot 472.
For a further bottle vase sold at Christie's, see Arts & Textiles of the Islamic & Indian Worlds, 28 April 2017, lot 286.A PAIR OF SAFAVID-STYLE POTTERY VASES

Samson manufacture, France, late 19th Century

Each of slender pyriform shape, resting on a short straight circular foot, with a tall tapering neck, the white body painted in cobalt blue and turquoise, embellished with overglaze gilt decoration in the shape of cusped diamond-shaped cartouches in-filled with arabesques, vegetal scrolling bands, and lush leafy palmettes, alternating blue and white palmettes below the rim, the base unmarked

Each 37cm high

A SAMSON IZNIK STYLE PORCELAIN DESK SET, FRANCE, 19TH CENTURY

Of rectangular form, with two inkwells, underglaze painted in cobalt and green with gilt in the form of a book binding

33 x 18.5cm.
A MASSIVE SAFAVID STYLE BLUE AND WHITE SAMSON BASIN,
SAMSON FRANCE,
CIRCA 1870
Decorated with cusped blue panels each filled with cold gilt interlaced floral designs and arabesques.

44cm diameter

Provenance; Ancient collection B. de M.