A set of four gilt-lead vases, comprising two pairs of...

the handles formed as marine figures, the body applied with a mask, one pair with goat's-head terminals to the top, each vase fitted with a cover decorated with acanthus leaves and a pine cone finial

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Height 41 in., width 32 1/4 in., depth 24 3/8 in. ; Haut. 104 cm, larg. 82 cm, prof. 62 cm (goat vases)
Height 42 1/8 in., width 28 3/8 in., depth 26 3/4 in. ; Haut. 107 cm, larg. 72 cm, prof. 68 cm (mermaid vases)

Provenance:
Installed between 1931 and 1933, under the direction of the architect Achille Duchêne, on the terrace of the third floor of the residence of Calouste S. Gulbenkian, 51 avenue d'Iéna, Paris;

Steinitz, Paris, 2010.

Literature:
Vincent Maroteaux, "De Versailles à Marly. Le plomb dans le décor sculpté des jardins," in Versalia. Revue de la Société des Amis de Versailles, no. 12, 2009, p. 135-150

Pierre-Hippolyte Pénet, "Le vase sculpté dans les jardins de Versailles sous Louis XIV," in Versalia. Revue de la Société des Amis de Versailles, no. 19, 2016, p. 201-214

L'Hôtel Gulbenkian 51 avenue d'Iéna. Mémoires d'un lieu, exh. cat., Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, 2011