Saint-Sulpice, l'écrin d'un collectionneur
Saint-Sulpice, l'écrin d'un collectionneur
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
with female terms handles, on a square-shaped base ; (chips to the cover)
Haut. 20,5 cm, long. 33 cm;
Height. 8 in, length. 13 in
The models were created from designs by ornamentalists such as the architect-ornamentalist François-Joseph Bélanger, while the carving was entrusted to sculptors such as the Genoese Augustin Bocciardi or the French Pierre-Jean-Baptiste Delaplanche, and the bronze mounts to Pierre Gouthière in some cases. Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette bought several vases at the Duc d'Aumont sale, including two pairs of urns in green porphyry now in the Louvre (OA 5719 and OA5178), whose preparatory drawings by François-Joseph Bélanger, then reproduced by Adrien Pâris in the duke of Aumont's catalogue sale, are held at the Bibliothèque nationale de France.Our cassolette is similar to those of the Duc d'Aumont.
Ours is surprising in its shape and the arrangement of the gilded bronze ornaments. In fact, the crown of water leaves on which the acanthus leaves of the handles terminate is visible if the object is placed high enough to have a counter-plunging view, which is corroborated by the absence of ornamentation on the upper part of the vase. The faces and busts of the women forming the handles are particularly expressive and delicately chiseled.
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