A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE EWERS
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A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE EWERS

20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF CLAUDE GALLE, POSSIBLY RUSSIAN

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE STYLE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE EWERS
20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF CLAUDE GALLE, POSSIBLY RUSSIAN
Each of elongated form decorated with a band mounted with masks and mythical beasts
24 in. (61 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

This pair of patinated and gilt bronze ewers is related to a renowned model by the bronzier, Claude Galle (d. 1815) (Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, Les bronzes du mobilier national 1800-1870 - L'heure, le feu, la lumiére, Paris, 2010, p. 248). Galle was almost certainly inspired by the designs, derived from Roman antiquity, of Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine who published their work in the Recueil de decorations interieures (1801).

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