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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND SIENA MARBLE VASES AND COVERS
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND SIENA MARBLE VASES AND COVERS

CIRCA 1780

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND SIENA MARBLE VASES AND COVERS
CIRCA 1780
Each with berried finial and berried acanthus mounted domed and waisted cover with pearled border, the frieze mounted with foliate arabesques divided by female mask monopodiae garlanded with flowers and flanking the tapering reeded body, above a spirally-fluted tapering shaft within a pierced guilloche collar, on a stepped circular white marble base with pearled border, one vase with old repair to lid
19¾ in. (50 cm.) high (2)
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Lot Essay

The design of these unusual vases relates to the oeuvre of the dessinateur et ornemantiste Jean-François Forty. Forty was known, along with others, such as Ranson, Salembier and J.-B. Huet, to have worked closely with both the ébénistes and bronziers of the period. A design for a candlestick displaying similar female caryatid supports and floral garlands is illustrated in P. Gilis-Didot, L'Oeuvre de J.-Fr. Forty, Paris, n.d., p.13.

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