A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND PORPHYRY JARDINIERES

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND PORPHYRY JARDINIERES
Each with dished gadrooned rim above a reeded tapering body, the acanthus-cast rim and scrolled acanthus base above a square stepped socle and square porphyry base, previously with liners
18 in. (45.5 cm.) high; 10½ in. (27 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 19 May 1994, lot 19.

Lot Essay

A vase of related form appears in the Picture Gallery of the connoisseur Thomas Hope's (d.1831) mansion/museum in Duchess Street, published in his Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807, pl. II and pl. XX.

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