AN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT SILVERED PLATED AND FRENCH SEMI-PORCELAIN FIRESCREEN/TABLE
AN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT SILVERED PLATED AND FRENCH SEMI-PORCELAIN FIRESCREEN/TABLE

CIRCA 1880, SIGNED N. VIVIEN

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AN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT SILVERED PLATED AND FRENCH SEMI-PORCELAIN FIRESCREEN/TABLE
Circa 1880, signed N. Vivien
In the Japanese taste, the two rotating panels painted with a lakeside view of a duck in flight above tall reeds and waterlilies, the rectangular frame cast with zig-zag pattern, scrollwork handle and hanging balls, the pivot release finials as cones
38½ x 25¼in. (97.7 x 64.2cm.)

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N. Vivien is recorded as a meticulous painter of birds often in association with platinum grounds. His work was exhibited at the Paris expositions of the late 19th century.

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