IN THE EMPIRE REVIVAL STYLE, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A pair of French ormolu and bronze ewers
In the Empire Revival style, third quarter 19th Century
Each with an overhanging lip cast to the underside with a grotesque mask, above the waisted acanthus-cast neck, the ovoid body with a central band cast in high relief with a procession of dancing maidens, with a winged female caryatid handle terminating in a vine-garlanded Bacchic putto mask, on a circular-spreading foot and square base and on a square verde antico marble plinth
28¾in. (73cm.) high; 4¾in. (12cm.) square at base 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 4¾in. (12cm.) square at base (2)
In the Empire Revival style, third quarter 19th Century
Each with an overhanging lip cast to the underside with a grotesque mask, above the waisted acanthus-cast neck, the ovoid body with a central band cast in high relief with a procession of dancing maidens, with a winged female caryatid handle terminating in a vine-garlanded Bacchic putto mask, on a circular-spreading foot and square base and on a square verde antico marble plinth
28¾in. (73cm.) high; 4¾in. (12cm.) square at base 28¾in. (73cm.) high; 4¾in. (12cm.) square at base (2)
Provenance
The late Madame Daniel Lévy, Paris.