19TH CENTURY

Details

A MONUMENTAL BRONZE FOUNTAIN
19TH CENTURY
The ovoid body surmounted by a faceted handle terminating in Bacchic masks, the front with spout in the form of the head of a bearded man, the tap terminating in a dolphin's head, on a spreading socle
43 1/3 in. (110 cm.) high; 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.) wide

Provenance

Château de la Versaudière, Ladon, Loiret; purchased by the family of the present owner in the 1930s with the château, before the Second World War, and by descent.

Conditions of sale

Brought to you by

Amelia Walker Director, Specialist Head of Private & Iconic Collections

awalker@christies.com +44 20 7389 2085

Lot Essay

A similar monumental bronze ewer was in the Rothschild collections at the Château de Ferrières, sold Christie's, Paris, 16 November 2023, lot 147; a further pair of similar vases were offered for sale from an aristocratic collection, Christie's, Paris 17 November 2010, lot 130.

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