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Lot Essay
See pre-lot text for lot 11.
A three piece garniture including a pair of vases of the same model, with identical mounts, formerly in the collection of Mme. Jules Fribourg, are illustrated in S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, 1974, p. 363, fig 242. Eriksen refers to an identical pair of vases, part of a garniture and bearing the date letter 'q' for 1769, sold in the Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild sale, Berlin, 23 March 1931, lot 206. A number of other examples of vases of this model are know. They include: A pair from the Keck Collection, La Lanterne, Bel Air, California, sold Sotheby's, New York, 5-6 December 1991, lot 225, $24,200; A pair sold Christie's London, 17 June 1987, lot 32 £17,600; Another pair, formerly part of a garniture, with apple-green ground was in the collection of the Late Earl of Sefton and sold Christie's at Croxteth Hall, Liverpool, 17-20 September 1973, lot 908 and again Christie's London, 5 July 1984, lot 13; A three piece garniture again with apple-green ground were sold from the Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection, Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1992, lot 31 ($63,250 including premium); A pair and two garnitures of three, each on solid apple green ground, were sold from Houghton, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lots 36-38 (£11,500, £26,450 and £32,200, including premium, respectively).
A three piece garniture including a pair of vases of the same model, with identical mounts, formerly in the collection of Mme. Jules Fribourg, are illustrated in S. Eriksen, Early Neo-Classicism in France, 1974, p. 363, fig 242. Eriksen refers to an identical pair of vases, part of a garniture and bearing the date letter 'q' for 1769, sold in the Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild sale, Berlin, 23 March 1931, lot 206. A number of other examples of vases of this model are know. They include: A pair from the Keck Collection, La Lanterne, Bel Air, California, sold Sotheby's, New York, 5-6 December 1991, lot 225, $24,200; A pair sold Christie's London, 17 June 1987, lot 32 £17,600; Another pair, formerly part of a garniture, with apple-green ground was in the collection of the Late Earl of Sefton and sold Christie's at Croxteth Hall, Liverpool, 17-20 September 1973, lot 908 and again Christie's London, 5 July 1984, lot 13; A three piece garniture again with apple-green ground were sold from the Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Collection, Sotheby's New York, 20 May 1992, lot 31 ($63,250 including premium); A pair and two garnitures of three, each on solid apple green ground, were sold from Houghton, Christie's London, 8 December 1994, lots 36-38 (£11,500, £26,450 and £32,200, including premium, respectively).