Lot Essay
An identical pair of vases from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Deane Johnson was sold Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 9 December 1972, lot 89.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
19th Century
Each of vase form with reeded lip, fluted, acanthus, and beaded neck, a cock's head and acanthus handle to each shoulder hung with laurel and berry to the front and hung with garlands, the laurel-topped and reeded stem with acanthus knop and ribbon-tied laurel and berry foot, on a stepped beaded and panelled square base set to three sides with a flowering branch guilloche, on beaded toupie feet, the underside of one base inscribed T, the ormolu of the other stamped T
21½in. (54.5cm.) high (2)
19th Century
Each of vase form with reeded lip, fluted, acanthus, and beaded neck, a cock's head and acanthus handle to each shoulder hung with laurel and berry to the front and hung with garlands, the laurel-topped and reeded stem with acanthus knop and ribbon-tied laurel and berry foot, on a stepped beaded and panelled square base set to three sides with a flowering branch guilloche, on beaded toupie feet, the underside of one base inscribed T, the ormolu of the other stamped T
21½in. (54.5cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Reputedly from the Estate of the family of James Christie.
The Collection of Akram Ojjeh, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 26 March 1979, lot 108.
The Collection of Akram Ojjeh, sold Sotheby's Monaco, 26 March 1979, lot 108.