Long Island Trianon: The Joe and Rachelle Friedman Collection

Long Island Trianon: The Joe and Rachelle Friedman Collection

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A Monumental Pair of Gilt Bronze-Mounted Pink Granite Vases, the Mounts Circa 1840 After Designs by Jean-Louis Prieur or Jean-François Forty; the Vases Possibly Late 18th Century

Auction Closed

September 14, 09:44 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Monumental Pair of Gilt Bronze-Mounted Pink Granite Vases, the Mounts Circa 1840 After Designs by Jean-Louis Prieur or Jean-François Forty; the Vases Possibly Late 18th Century

bronzes re-gilt


height 38 1/2 in.; width of base 13 1/2 in.; depth of base 13 1/2 in.

97.8 cm; 34.3 cm; 34.3 cm

Bernard Steinitz, Paris
C. Baulez, 'Le marquis de Marigny, le comte d’Angiviller et le goût des amateurs de porphyre à Paris au XVIIIe siècle', Porphyre, la pierre pourpre des Ptolémées aux Bonaparte, exhibition catalogue, Musée du Louvre, Paris 2003, p.152-162

J.-L. Gaillemin, Antiquaires. The Finest Antique Dealers in Paris, New York 2000, p.86-87

H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen: Die Bronzearbeiten des Spätbarock und Klassizimus, Munich 1986, Vol.I p.173

P. Verlet, Les bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris 1987, p.130-32