Classic Design: Furniture, Clocks, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Clocks, Silver & Ceramics
Property from an Important European Private Collection
A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted verde antico marble vases, late 19th century
Lot Closed
May 23, 01:59 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important European Private Collection
A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted verde antico marble vases, late 19th century
of baluster shape, each with a lid, the finial, rim and base of the body ornamented with acanthus leaves, the body with grotesque masks in the shape of a dolphin, raised on a square plinth
20.5cm. high, 10.5cm. wide, 8cm. deep
This pair of vases is modelled after a Louis XVI mounted Chinese green celadon pair from the collections of the Louvre Museum (see Lunsingh Scheuleer, Chinesisches und japanisches Porzellan in europãischen Fassungen, Braunschweig, 1980, p. 349, fig. 347). These dolphin-shaped mounts were clearly quite a success in the 18th century and for generations to follow as they have been the source of inspiration for many bronze founders in the 19th century. The quality and the chasing found on the present pair suggest that their mounts have originated from a skilled maison such as the Escalier de Cristal in Paris.