FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A SET OF FOUR LATE EMPIRE ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE VASES
FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each vase decorated with a frieze depicting classical figures above acanthus foliage, with fluted handles issuing from bearded masks, the edge decorated with beaded, gadrooned and vine friezes, on a spreading circular fluted base, on a square plinth decorated with ribbon-tied wreath, on a plinth with lotus leaves-cast edge
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 9 in. (23 cm.) diameter (4)

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Sale room notice

The estimate for this lot should read £40,000-60,000.

Lot Essay

The model of these vases derives from the Medici Vase published in the early 1650's by Charles Errard (circa 1606-1689) in his Recueil de divers vases antiques (illustrated in exh. cat., Un temps d'exhubérance. Les arts décoratifs sous Louis XIII et Anne d'Autriche, Paris, 2002, p.109). This vase celebrated model was often copied for the château de Versailles, where no less than three vases were executed for the Bassin de Latone.
The present vases illustrate the fashion for this model which was executed in bronze, alabaster and biscuit (F. Haskell and N. Penny, Taste and the Antique. The Lure of Classical Sculpture 1500-1900, London, 1981, p.316).

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