ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN CIPOLLINO MARBLE VASES AND FIXED COVERS
ATTRIBUTED TO FRANÇOIS LINKE, PARIS, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with domed lid and flowering finial, the baluster body flanked by ram's mask handles, raised on square plinths
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high

Special notice

Please note this lot will be moved to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services (CFASS in Red Hook, Brooklyn) at 5pm on the last day of the sale. Lots may not be collected during the day of their move to Christie’s Fine Art Storage Services. Please consult the Lot Collection Notice for collection information. This sheet is available from the Bidder Registration staff, Purchaser Payments or the Packing Desk and will be sent with your invoice.

Lot Essay

The present pair of vases is directly comparable to a pair illustrated in a photograph of King Faud’s study at Ras al-Tin Palace, Alexandria for which François Linke supplied an enormous amount of furniture, lighting and objets d’art following the formation of the Kingdom of Egypt in 1920 (see C. Payne, François Linke: The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 289, pl. 300). They can be attributed to Linke on this basis. Interestingly, the pair of vases illustrated in Ras al-Tin Palace appears to be in the same striped Cipollino marble as those used to create the present lot.

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