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Lot Essay
The distinctive mounts of the dogs baiting a cockerel on these unusual vases also feature on a group of perfume burners with classical maiden supports, thought to have been executed in Paris for the Russian market, comprising a pair in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg (inv nos. E1585-6), one in the British Royal Collection at Windsor Castle, acquired in 1827 from the dealer Hamlet, and one sold from the Wildenstein Collection, Christie's, London, 14 December 2005, lot 73.
It is thought possible that the perfume burners in the Hermitage might have been part of the extensive purchases of bronzes d'ameublement in Paris made by Tsar Paul I, following his lifting of a ban on imports from France in 1798 (see I. Zeck, 'Bronzes d'ameublement et meubles français achetés par Paul Ier pour le château Saint-Michael de Saint P©tersbourg en 1798-99', Bulletin de la Societé de l'Histoire de l'Art Français, 1994, pp. 141-157).
It is thought possible that the perfume burners in the Hermitage might have been part of the extensive purchases of bronzes d'ameublement in Paris made by Tsar Paul I, following his lifting of a ban on imports from France in 1798 (see I. Zeck, 'Bronzes d'ameublement et meubles français achetés par Paul Ier pour le château Saint-Michael de Saint P©tersbourg en 1798-99', Bulletin de la Societé de l'Histoire de l'Art Français, 1994, pp. 141-157).