Lot Essay
Another vase of this same model, also signed by Robert, sold Christie's London, 14 May 1998, lot 77 (£12,650).
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BY ROBERT FRERES, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Details
A French ormolu-mounted breche marble jardiniere
By Robert Freres, Paris, Last quarter 19th Century
The waisted fluted neck applied with a pair of scrolled handles, the bulbous body hung with floral garlands and mounted with three playful putti, above a spirally-fluted lower bowl, on spreading socle with egg-and-dart-cast edge, inscribed ROBERT/SCULPTEUR, on a square panelled plinth, raised on four claw feet
28½ in. (72.3 cm.) high
By Robert Freres, Paris, Last quarter 19th Century
The waisted fluted neck applied with a pair of scrolled handles, the bulbous body hung with floral garlands and mounted with three playful putti, above a spirally-fluted lower bowl, on spreading socle with egg-and-dart-cast edge, inscribed ROBERT/SCULPTEUR, on a square panelled plinth, raised on four claw feet
28½ in. (72.3 cm.) high