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A PAIR OF FRENCH PATINATED AND GILT BRONZE VASES, circa 1870
The ovoid-shaped bodies cast in relief in the chinoiserie taste with swallows shown flying over water and within rushes and flowering foliage, the tall slender necks with entwined handles modelled as cut reeds, on stepped and fluted Belgian black marble bases, with winged paw feet, the vases each signed HENRY CAHIEUX, F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, adapted as table lamps
21in. (53.5cm) high (2)
The ovoid-shaped bodies cast in relief in the chinoiserie taste with swallows shown flying over water and within rushes and flowering foliage, the tall slender necks with entwined handles modelled as cut reeds, on stepped and fluted Belgian black marble bases, with winged paw feet, the vases each signed HENRY CAHIEUX, F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, adapted as table lamps
21in. (53.5cm) high (2)