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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE VASES
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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE VASES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE

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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE VASES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE
Each with tapering ovoid body mounted with a winged maiden and serpents, surmounted by a waisted neck and palmette-cast rim, flanked by stylised Greek key handles on a waisted cup cast with stiff-leaf on a spreading circular base and a square rouge griotte plinth
22 in. (56 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

These vases' characteristic form of handle, with a winged cherub issuing from a griffin, and their slender elongated shape, are both typical for the oeuvre of Claude Galle (1759-1815). Apprenticed to Pierre Foy during the latter years of the reign of Louis XVI, Galle became a master in 1786. He flourished during the Empire, when he supplied bronzes to Compiègne, Versailles and the Grand Trianon, but also to various other Courts in Europe. These present vases are related to Galle's 'maiden' vases, and his popular series of ewers, examples of which are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, figs. 5.12.6, 5.12.8 and 5.12.9, pp. 364-365.

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