Lot 245
245
A PAIR OF ITALIAN LEAD-MOUNTED GILTWOOD AND BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED TOLE JARDINIERES
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN LEAD-MOUNTED GILTWOOD AND BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED TOLE JARDINIERES

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN LEAD-MOUNTED GILTWOOD AND BLACK AND GILT-JAPANNED TOLE JARDINIERES
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Each with a star-decorated cup-shaped well with a zinc liner, supported by a central stem flanked by three kneeling ephebs, on a breakfront circular stepped base mounted with ribbon-tied garlands and trophies, the base of one incised 'I', 'II' and 'III', the base of the other incised 'VII', 'VIII' and 'VIIII', minor restorations and losses, probably originally conceived as part of a bigger surtout
16½ in. (42 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Christie's, London, 30 October 1997, lot 63.
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Lot Essay

A nearly identical pair of jardinières is in the Palazzo Quirinale in Rome and is illustrated in A. González-Palacios, Il patrimonio artistico del Quirinale. I Mobili Italiani, Milan, 1996, pp.243-244. Interestingly, the bold caryatids which ornate these highly decorative jardinières relate to the oeuvre of Valadier and to a table in a private French collection illustrated in L'Estampille. L'Objet d'Art., November 1994, pp.26-27.

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