Lot Essay
A pair of tazzas with virtually identical mounts are in the Wallace Collection, London (F342) and illustrated in P. Hughes, The Wallace Collection Catalogue of Furniture III, London, 1996, pp.1406-7.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 265-290)
A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERT DE MER MARBLE TAZZA
CIRCA 1825
Details
A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERT DE MER MARBLE TAZZA
CIRCA 1825
With satyr-mask monopodiae suspending a shallow basin, above a central snake-entwined stem, on a tripartite base
14½ in. (37 cm.) high, 9 in. (23 cm.) diameter
CIRCA 1825
With satyr-mask monopodiae suspending a shallow basin, above a central snake-entwined stem, on a tripartite base
14½ in. (37 cm.) high, 9 in. (23 cm.) diameter
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1992, lot 303.
Acquired from H.M. Luther, New York, November 1992.
Sale room notice
Please note that the first line of the catalogue text should read "A CHARLES X ORMOLU-MOUNTED VERT DE MER MARBLE TAZZA"
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