Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert

Hôtel Lambert, Une Collection Princière, Volume III : À travers l’Hôtel Lambert

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A pair of Paris porcelain two handled ovoid vases, circa 1825

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October 13, 06:27 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

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A pair of Paris porcelain two handled ovoid vases, circa 1825


each painted with a scene, Hero and Léandre after Pierre-Claude Delorme and the Pygmalion and Galatée after Girodet Trioson, each signed Moriot, within rectangular cartouches on a dark blue ground, the reverse gilt with burning tripod braziers between cornucopia 


height 21½in.; width 13⅓in.; 54,5 cm; 34 cm.


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Paire de vases à deux anses et ovoides en porcelaine de Paris, vers 1825


height 21½in.; width 13⅓in.; 54,5 cm; 34 cm.


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Sotheby's Paris, Important Furniture, Sculptures And Works Of Art, 9 April 2008, lot 214.

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Sotheby's Paris, Important Furniture, Sculptures And Works Of Art, 9 avril 2008, lot 214.

The mythological scenes are directly inspired by paintings exhibited at the 1814 Salon for Hero and Leander which was painted by Delorme, a pupil of Girodet, while Galatea was exhibited at the 1819 Salon and executed by Girodet.