Lot 253
253
A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'PIDOCCHIOSO' PORPHYRY TWIN HANDLED VASES
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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'PIDOCCHIOSO' PORPHYRY TWIN HANDLED VASES

LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF NORTH EUROPEAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'PIDOCCHIOSO' PORPHYRY TWIN HANDLED VASES
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with shaped handles and of baluster form, above a square plinth with Greek key frieze motif
11 ½ in. (29 cm.) high
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Lot Essay

This pair of rare Pidocchioso grey porphyry vases, of antique form, is mounted with finely cast ormolu bases decorated with a distinctive Greek key frieze, which closely relates to those visible on a design of an urn attributed to Louis-Jean Desprez (1743-1804), a French painter and architect who worked in Sweden for King Gustave III.

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