Paire de vases de style Louis XVI en porphyre, ornementation...
Paire de vases de style Louis XVI en porphyre, ornementation de bronze doré, XIXe siècle
Pair of Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted porphyry vases, 19th century
Each of baluster form with mermaid handles flanked by hairy rams heads issuing ribbon-tied berried laurel swags, above upswept acanthus leaves, waisted socle and on square plinth, lacking covers, 38cm high, (14 1/2in high) 38cm high, 14 1/2in high)
Provenance
Galerie Boskovitch, Brussels.
The fish-tailed nymph mounts are reminiscent of the production of the celebrated bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843). The Sèvres factory listed a number of wares with ormolu mounts by Thomire produced in 1783-4 described as 'Garniture... à petite femme, en queue de poissons'.
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Paire de vases de style Louis XVI en porphyre, ornementation de bronze doré, XIXe siècle
Pair of Louis XVI style ormolu-mounted porphyry vases, 19th century
Each of baluster form with mermaid handles flanked by hairy rams heads issuing ribbon-tied berried laurel swags, above upswept acanthus leaves, waisted socle and on square plinth, lacking covers, 38cm high, (14 1/2in high) 38cm high, 14 1/2in high)
Provenance
Galerie Boskovitch, Brussels.
The fish-tailed nymph mounts are reminiscent of the production of the celebrated bronzier Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843). The Sèvres factory listed a number of wares with ormolu mounts by Thomire produced in 1783-4 described as 'Garniture... à petite femme, en queue de poissons'.
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