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AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE BALLIN, CIRCA 1870
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A Louis XIV style ormolu urn
After the model by Claude Ballin, Circa 1870
The ribbon-and-thread-cast rim above a spreading neck with grapevine-cast underside, the cylindrical body cast in high relief with Apollo chasing Daphne as she turns into a shrub, the reverse with a youth firing arrows at a dragon, flanked by a pair of dragon handles, on circular laurel-wreath foot and square Maurin green marble base, the interior with giltmetal liner
Overall: 24½ in. (62.3 cm.) high
After the model by Claude Ballin, Circa 1870
The ribbon-and-thread-cast rim above a spreading neck with grapevine-cast underside, the cylindrical body cast in high relief with Apollo chasing Daphne as she turns into a shrub, the reverse with a youth firing arrows at a dragon, flanked by a pair of dragon handles, on circular laurel-wreath foot and square Maurin green marble base, the interior with giltmetal liner
Overall: 24½ in. (62.3 cm.) high