314. 314Y Ф Rare pair of small Louis XVI period ivory vases, ormolu ornamentation, circa 1780 A pair of rare Louis XVI ormolu-mounted carved ivory miniature garniture vases, circa 1780 Each with twin undulating entwined slender serpent handles with turned attachment pins, the urn bodies with acanthus and floral garland mounts, the waisted necks with palmette leaf collars and lobed rims, the lower sections with corresponding mounts, the turned socles on square bases, mounted on associated porphyry plinth bases, raised on stepped rectangular plinths, 22cm high overall (8 1/2in high), the urns on socle 6cm wide, 15.5cm high (2in wide, 6in high) (2)