Lot 145
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A French bronze model of the Janus Vase, circa 1870
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A French bronze model of the Janus Vase, circa 1870

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A French bronze model of the Janus Vase, circa 1870
Cast after Claude Ballin, the inverted baluster body with bands of Greek key, oak leaves and acorns, and scrolling foliate and scalloped ornament, the handles surmounted by adorsed Janus heads, terminating in boar masks, with stiff-leaf everted rim, on a fluted socle and square marble base -- 11 5/8in. (29.5cm.) high
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Lot Essay

This urn is a copy of one of a pair amongst thirteen pairs made for the marble parapets that separate the Parterre du Nord from the Parterre du Midi at Versailles. Claude Ballin (1615-1678), goldsmith to Louis XIV was commissioned to design the urns which were then moulded by Legendre, Magnire, Tuby and Anguier. They were cast by Duval after 1665. The urns were copied from the mid 19th century.

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