Lot Essay
A pair of agate urns of this model and with ormolu socles was sold anonymously, in these Rooms, 30 May 1968, lot 33. Another agate pair was sold from the Patino collection, Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1992, lot 28. They had formerly been in the collection of Madame de Polès, sold Galerie Georges Petit, 22-24 June 1927, lot 28. The mounts on both pairs differ in small details from those on these; the Patino pair have a small ropetwist mount around the horizontal edge in the middle of the bodies.
The bearded oriental figure supporting scrolled horns appears on a pair of decorated Locré porcelain vases illustrated by Galerie Perrin, Paris, in their 1992 catalogue, no. 32.
The distinctive berried mounts at the base of the body are also used on a pair of vases in vert d'eau porcelain with mounts that are probably by the same maker as these, sold anonymously, Christie's Monaco, 5 December 1993, lot 80
The bearded oriental figure supporting scrolled horns appears on a pair of decorated Locré porcelain vases illustrated by Galerie Perrin, Paris, in their 1992 catalogue, no. 32.
The distinctive berried mounts at the base of the body are also used on a pair of vases in vert d'eau porcelain with mounts that are probably by the same maker as these, sold anonymously, Christie's Monaco, 5 December 1993, lot 80