拍品 224
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A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND CUT-CRYSTAL VASE CENTREPIECE
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A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND CUT-CRYSTAL VASE CENTREPIECE

THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO ÉDOUARD LIÈVRE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU AND CUT-CRYSTAL VASE CENTREPIECE
THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO ÉDOUARD LIÈVRE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The square central dish etched with palm frond leaves and exotic birds supporting a similarily-decorated trumpet vase with bulbous terminal, atop a crane standing on a sea turtle holding a blossoming branch
32 in. (81.5 cm.) high; 15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) square
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This fine centrepiece, attributed to Édouard Lièvre, reflects the fashion for Japonisme popular during the second half of the 19th century. The design of the present piece includes a number of details that are typical of the artist; the distinctive turtles, inspired by fantastic Japanese animals, are finely chased and gilt similar to those found on an aquarium ('Édouard Lièvre', Connaissance des Arts, no. 228, 2004, pp. 28, 31 and 34). Interestingly, a candlestick, sold in the Liévre sale, 19-20 March 1887, lot 275, 'composé d'un héron tenant une branche de lotus dans le bec et debout sur une tortue, describes a composition almost certainly very close to that of the present centrepiece.