19TH CENTURY

Details

A LOUIS XVI STYLE ST. ANNE MARBLE URN AND COVER
19TH CENTURY
Of large size, with classical reeded vessel carved with guilloché and paterae suspending husk swags, with disengaged handles on reeded socle and square plinth, on later painted and marbleized pedestal
31 ¾ in. (80.6 cm.) high, 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide

Literature

E. Eerdmans, Henri Samuel: Master of the French Interior, New York, 2018, p. 206-7.

Special notice

Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.

Sale room notice

Please note that the height of the lot is incorrect in the printed catalogue. The height of the urn is 24 inches and the plinth is 12 inches so all together it is 36 inches. The width is correct in the catalogue.

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Lot Essay

This wonderfully well-proportioned urn expertly carved out of luxurious St. Anne marble reflects the French 'antique' fashion popularized in France throughout the 1760s by publications including Jean-Charles Delafosse's 1768 Nouvelle Iconologie Historique. Delafosse’s book includes a plethora of vase designs incorporated into numerous allegorical depictions of the arts, virtues, the senses, the continents, sciences, etc. Although the present vase’s exact design does not appear in Delafosse’s work, there are a number of vessels, particularly those emblematic of charity and tyranny, whose design elements appear on this lot.

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