THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EUGÈNE CORNU AND POSSIBLY EXECUTED BY G. VIOT & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1870

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A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE AND ONYX JARDINIERE
THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EUGÈNE CORNU AND POSSIBLY EXECUTED BY G. VIOT & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1870
The onyx bowl surmounted by a pierced stylized cloud rim and raised on three polychrome-patinated bronze peacocks encircling a central onyx disk, tripartite base and cloud-form feet
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high; 12 ¼ in. (31.5 cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

The present vase epitomises the French 'Japonisme' style fashionable during the second half of the 19th century. The iridescently-patinated peacocks are intended to resemble Japanese metalworks known as mokume. Similar designs incorporating this technique and coupled with Algerian onyx are repeated throughout Cornu's oeuvre, particularly a number of onyx guéridons of either peacock or crane-form, such as one sold at Christie's, London, 14 November 2019, lot 542 (£75,000), and related vases, such as one sold Christie's, London, 24 May 2018, lot 609 (£60,000). See the following lot.

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