Lot Essay
A Louis XVI ormolu-mounted jasper tazza with virtual identical tripod monopodia support is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer/P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 268, fig. 4.9.10.
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19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE VASES WITH COVER
19TH CENTURY
Each with hinged domed cover with foliate finial, above a bulbous body, flanked to the sides by three satyr's masks, on triple fluted tapering supports terminating in hoof feet, on a tripartite base
32 cm. high (2)
19TH CENTURY
Each with hinged domed cover with foliate finial, above a bulbous body, flanked to the sides by three satyr's masks, on triple fluted tapering supports terminating in hoof feet, on a tripartite base
32 cm. high (2)
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