Pair Antique French Paris Porcelain Hand-painted Dog Vases by Darte Frères 1810 Decorative Arts The tripod base also having

The tripod base also having floral enamel decorations and hard stone inset cabuchons

a similar pair without the portrait miniatures and only 15" in height sold at Christies NY November 23rd 2010 lot # 69 for $7

or verses from the Qur'an

The base section having one long drawer and a corresponding fan carved drawer

dated 1902

Pair Antique French Paris Porcelain Hand-painted Dog Vases by Darte Frères 1810 Decorative Arts The tripod base also havingA large & wonderful pair of antique French Porcelain de Paris Darte Frres hand painted & gilded portrait vases, with scenes of dogs, and painted in the manner of Fragonard, circa 1810. The vases of baluster shape with a gold ground and hand painted with unusual panels of dogs (likely Brittany spaniels), one is seen rescuing a child after falling into the water with a toy boat, the other with a child & a dog fetching a hat from the water, the paintings