OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, CIRCA 1860

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED PORPHYRY VASES
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, CIRCA 1860
Each with tapering ovoid body mounted with flower garlands flanked by intertwined serpent handles, on a stiff-leaf cast socle and square foot
20 ¾ in. (53 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A similar pair of vases but with bodies of dark blue porcelain instead of porphyry are in the Jones Collection at the V & A Museum (acc. Num. 982&A-1882) and attributed to the workshop of the French bronzier Pierre Gouthière (1732-1813) by his biographer, Jacques Robiquet (Gouthière, sa vie, son oeuvre, 1912, p. 174). This late 18th century model continued to be much admired during the 19th century as demonstrated by a drawing of one such vase by Emmanuel Alfred Beurdeley, now in the Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris (inv. CD/6499/54).

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