Lot Essay
A related design is illustrated in C. Percier and P.-H.-L. Fontaine's Recueil de décorations intérieures, Paris, 1801, pl. XXXIII.
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19TH 20TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF ORMOLU ATHENIENNES
19th 20th Century
Each with pierced, foliate-galleried dished top above a stiff-leaf and gadroomed tazza, the stiff-leaf-cast winged female herm-supports teminating in claw monopodiae and enclosing a central acanthus-cast flaming baluster, the carved foliate-cast stepped, spreading circular plinth upon a moulded black slate carved circular base
22 in. (56 cm.) high (2)
19th 20th Century
Each with pierced, foliate-galleried dished top above a stiff-leaf and gadroomed tazza, the stiff-leaf-cast winged female herm-supports teminating in claw monopodiae and enclosing a central acanthus-cast flaming baluster, the carved foliate-cast stepped, spreading circular plinth upon a moulded black slate carved circular base
22 in. (56 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 19 May 1994, lot 214.