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A PAIR OF FRENCH JAPANESE AESTHETIC STYLE GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE AND GRIOTTE MARBLE FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

DESIGNED BY HENRY CAHIEUX, CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, CIRCA 1870

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A PAIR OF FRENCH JAPANESE AESTHETIC STYLE GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE AND GRIOTTE MARBLE FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Designed by Henry Cahieux, Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, Paris, Circa 1870
Each of vase form, the body cast with diving kingfishers, bulrushes and foliage, inscribed HENRY CAHIEUX and F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, the slender neck applied with intertwined stalk handles, issuing five scrolled foliate branches and with central flowerhead stem, on square spreading fluted plinth and lion-paw feet
27¼in. (69.3cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The Parisian sculptor Henry Cahieux is recorded as having supplied Ferdinand Barbedienne with exclusive models for casting in bronze, among them vases with applied bas-reliefs depicting various subjects. The burgeoning vogue for a new exotic style, resulting from Japan opening its doors to westerners during the second half of the 19th century, was capitalized on to the full by Barbedienne, who included numerous japonaise-inspired models in his retail catalogues of the 1870s and 1880s. See lot 254 for a further note on Ferdinand Barbedienne.

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