A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VARIEGATED GREEN BRULE-PARFUM

CIRCA 1710, ADTER THE DESIGN BY JEAN BRAIN

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A LOUIS XIV ORMOLU-MOUNTED VARIEGATED GREEN BRULE-PARFUM
Circa 1710, adter the design by Jean Brain
The bulbous tapering body with everted rim mounted with strapwork centering lion's masks suspending rings, on hairy lion's paw and ball feet, lacking swags to neck
9in. (23cm.) high, 7in. (18cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

The source for the design of this brle-parfum or cassolette, now lacking its pierced cover, is based on an engraved model by Jean Brain published in Paris circa 1700 (illustrated in French Decorative Arts during the reign of Louis XIV 1654-1715, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1989. p. 52).

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