THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EUGÈNE CORNU AND POSSIBLY EXECUTED BY G. VIOT & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1870

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A FRENCH POLYCHROME PATINATED-BRONZE MOUNTED ALGERIAN ONYX VASE
THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EUGÈNE CORNU AND POSSIBLY EXECUTED BY G. VIOT & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1870
The baluster vase with applied blossoming branches and flanked by a peacock, all patinated in gilt, silver, and iridescent copper, on a gilt and silver-painted damascene circular base with scrolled feet
24 ½ in. (62 cm.) high; 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) wide; 11 ½ in. (29 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

At this vase's centre is an iridescently-patinated peacock intended to resemble Japanese metalworks known as mokume. Similar designs incorporating this design are repeated throughout Cornu's oeuvre, particularly a number of onyx guéridons of either peacock or crane-form, such as two sold at Christie's, London, 23 September 2010, lots 75 and 76. A vase of this form, Christie’s, New York, 21 October 2015, lot 1 (£30,000). Another, mounted as a lamp, was sold at Christie's, New York, 19 & 20 October 2011, lot 63 ($26,250).

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