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CIRCA 1860
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A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE AND ORMOLU AMPHORA VASES
CIRCA 1860
Originally for oil lamps, each with pearled rim and twisted handles with bacchic masks, the reeded body with a central relief collar of further classical figures on a moulded socle and square slate base, converted to form a lamp by Alberto Pinto with pleated spreading mushroom silk square shade, on a giltwood plinth
26 in. (66 cm.) high overall including shade (2)
CIRCA 1860
Originally for oil lamps, each with pearled rim and twisted handles with bacchic masks, the reeded body with a central relief collar of further classical figures on a moulded socle and square slate base, converted to form a lamp by Alberto Pinto with pleated spreading mushroom silk square shade, on a giltwood plinth
26 in. (66 cm.) high overall including shade (2)
Provenance
Acquired from Hermitage Antiques, London, 1999.
Special notice
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