CIRCA 1870-80, FAINT IMPRESSED TS MONOGRAM FOR THOMAS-VICTOR SERGENT
細節
A FRENCH PALISSY STYLE TROMPE L'OEIL CENTERPIECE Circa 1870-80, faint impressed TS monogram for Thomas-Victor Sergent
Modelled as a large nautilus-shell on a dolphin fish support, the oval base moulded as waves and applied with snails, periwinkles and other shells
15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) high
拍品專文
See The Animal Art Collection, Christie's, New York, 21 January 2004, lot 844 for a pair of similarly splashed fantastic fish emerging from oval wave bases applied with shells.