ATTRIBUTED TO MAISON MARNYHAC, PARIS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' ORMOLU-MOUNTED CLOISONNE JARDINIERE-ON-STAND
ATTRIBUTED TO MAISON MARNYHAC, PARIS, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The circular cloisonné jardinière with waisted top with rim modelled as lingzhi and mounted with dragon-form ormolu handles hung with oval rings, above an affixed ormolu stand with four out-swept legs modelled as bamboo centred by a pierced cylindrical band and joined by a circular stretcher, each leg supported by a frog with protruding tongue
38 in. (96.5 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

This model of jardinière is recorded to have been made by the bronzier fondeur Maision Marnyhac. Another example, identical but in red enamel, signed by Marnyhac sold Christie’s, Paris, 2 July 2008, lot 111. Also compare a jardinière on tripod stand with two dragon handles by Ferdinand Barbedienne in the Phoenix Art Museum (1982.214).

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