EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE SAMOVAR
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The cylindrical container decorated in relief with classical scenes, surmounted by a domed lid with pine-cone finial and flanked by ring-bearing lion's masks, issuing a spout with lyre-shaped tap and supported by six classically draped maidens on a hexagonal base centred by a vase-shaped reservoir
15¾ in. (40 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The bas-relief on the present lot celebrates Peace and the triumph of the harvest and agriculture deity Ceres, with the trophy of arms borne on a fame-trumpeted chariot. Related samovars were sold anonymously, Christie's, New York, 20 April 2000, lots 36 and 37.

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