19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics and Works of Art Including Property Formerly from the Palacio Ferreyra, Argentina

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Lot 3
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Ferdinand Barbedienne 1810-1892 a pair of neo-grec urns paris, circa 1860, cast after a model by Henry Cahieux

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Ferdinand Barbedienne
  • height 26 1/2 in.
  • 67.5 cm
bronze, brown patinated, signed HENRY CAHIEUX and F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, on square rouge griotte marble plinth.




 

Literature

1855 Paris Great Exhibition Catalogue, p.40, for the design of the present model.

Catalogue Note

The Parisian sculptor Henry Cahieux is recorded as having supplied the celebrated Barbedienne foundry with numerous master models for casting in bronze including, as with the present lot, vases ornamented with bas-relief in the Greek, Egyptian and Japanese revival style.

In 1855, this model, together with another,  was described as follows: "The two vases (...) selected from many exquisite and beautiful decorative works in bronze from the atelier of Messrs. Barbedienne & Cie, of Paris; they are formed, and ornamented, on the best models of the ancient Greeks."