A RUSSIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE ORMOLU AND ROCK CRYSTAL HALL LANTERN

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A RUSSIAN NEOCLASSIC STYLE ORMOLU AND ROCK CRYSTAL HALL LANTERN

The circular shade issuing rock crystal beads and faceted drops above a glass smoke shield, the tapering cylindrical body issuing giltmetal and polychrome-decorated floral sprays with outstretched arms suspending swags, the four green-patinated uprights headed by rams heads with scroll arms and a leaf-cast finial
47in. (119.4cm.) high, 26in. (66cm.) diameter

Provenance

By repute, Countess Rosala Zouboff, Buenos Aires

Lot Essay

This lantern is based on an example in the Throne Room at Pavlovsk, illustrated in E. Ducamp ed., Pavlovsk, The Palace and the Park, 1994, p. 154. Other lanterns of related design are illustrated in K.A. Solov'ev, Russkaya Osvetit el'naya Armatura, 1950, no. 99.