A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED VARIEGATED-RED, PINK AND GREEN MARBLE COVERED URNS

19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY RUSSIAN

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED VARIEGATED-RED, PINK AND GREEN MARBLE COVERED URNS
19th Century, possibly Russian
Each with a spreading circular top surmounted by a pinecone finial, over a tapering body decorated with frolicking maidens above a fluted socle on a square stepped base, decorated with masks of Mercury, on bun feet
18¼in. (46.5cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A similar pair of vases in the Pilaster Room at Pavlosk is illustrated A. Kuchumov, Pavlosk Palace and Park, 1975, no. 201. Another pair now in the Hermitage Museum was supplied to Emperor Paul I by the dealer Guillaume Culot. A third pair was sold by Yves Mikaeloff, Christie's New York, 21 May 1997, lot 412 and a further pair, reputedly given by The Prince Murat (d. 1944), thence by descent to Baron Lejeune, was sold anonymously, Christie's London, 2 December 1998, lot 91.

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