Lot Essay
F. Barbedienne (active 1838-1952) was the most important foundry of the time in France. The firm cast thousands of decorative objects and worked with most important sculptors of the period.
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A PAIR OF ORIENTAL STYLE GILT-BRONZE MOUNTED BAMBOO BRUSHPOTS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED F. BARBEDIENNE
Each of cylindrical form with applied mythical characters and animals amongst shaped mons flanked by angular handles with lizard mounts beneath a pierced fretwork gallery, on dragon-form supports, raised on a conforming plinth with waved apron and elephant head feet, mounted as lamps
23½in. (60cm.) high (2)
LATE 19TH CENTURY, SIGNED F. BARBEDIENNE
Each of cylindrical form with applied mythical characters and animals amongst shaped mons flanked by angular handles with lizard mounts beneath a pierced fretwork gallery, on dragon-form supports, raised on a conforming plinth with waved apron and elephant head feet, mounted as lamps
23½in. (60cm.) high (2)