A FRENCH CAST-IRON URN
AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE BALLIN FOR THE PARTERRE DU NORD, VERSAILLES, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The handles cast as seated sphinxes above lions' faces, on a waisted socle
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
A FRENCH CAST-IRON URN
AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE BALLIN FOR THE PARTERRE DU NORD, VERSAILLES, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
The handles cast as seated sphinxes above lions' faces, on a waisted socle
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high