A NAPOLEON III GILT-BRONZE AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL-MOUNTED, MARBLE TAZZE CIRCA...
With shallow Belgium Black marble bowl enriched with Champlevé enamel band of fruiting vines, the handles cast as scrolling vines surmounted by facing leopards, the bowl raised on a vine cast spreading column flanked by hipped legs terminating in hoof-feet, the whole on a shaped red marble plinth and circular cast feet
15 in. (38 cm.) high; 24 in. (60 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35 cm.) deep
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With shallow Belgium Black marble bowl enriched with Champlevé enamel band of fruiting vines, the handles cast as scrolling vines surmounted by facing leopards, the bowl raised on a vine cast spreading column flanked by hipped legs terminating in hoof-feet, the whole on a shaped red marble plinth and circular cast feet
15 in. (38 cm.) high; 24 in. (60 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35 cm.) deep