A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED ALABASTER VASE

PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1800

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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED ALABASTER VASE
PROBABLY ITALIAN, CIRCA 1800
With lion mask handles and removable lid, drilled for electricity, with a later octagonal marble plinth base, restorations
16 in. (41.5 cm.) high, 6 in. (16 cm.) diameter

來源

Le Goût Steinitz; Christie's, New York, 19 October 2007, lot 16.

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The expressive lion mounts on this vase recall the à l'antique work of Giuseppe Valadier (1762-1839), the celebrated Roman bronzier and silversmith. Similiarly dynamic lion masks can be found on a circular silver soup tureen, illustrated in Artemis, exh. cat., Valadier: Three Generations of Roman Goldsmiths, London, 1991, p. 140, no. 74b.