A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted Cipolino Verde marble lidded urn

IN THE LOUIS XVI STYLE, BY PAUL SORMANI, PARIS, CIRCA 1865

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A Napoleon III ormolu-mounted Cipolino Verde marble lidded urn
In the Louis XVI Style, By Paul Sormani, Paris, Circa 1865
The domed lid with a berried finial, above the neck with a foliate-cast rim, flanked to each side by a bacchic nymph, holding a garland, on circular socle with stepped foot, signed to the back edge P. SORMANI PARIS
16 in. (41 cm.) high

拍品專文

This urn is based on the model commissioned in 1780 by the Duchesse de Mazarin to Gouthière as a present for the Duc d'Aumont. It was later bought by Louis XVI at the Aumont sale.

For a note on Paul Sormani, see lot 191.