Live Auction 5201Style & Spirit
A PAIR OF FRENCH NEO-GREC PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASES
Lot 446 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A PAIR OF FRENCH NEO-GREC PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASES

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, CAST BY F.BARBEDIENNE FROM THE MODEL BY HENRY CAHIEUX

Closed27 November 2007

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GBP 6,250

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A PAIR OF FRENCH NEO-GREC PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASES
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY, CAST BY F.BARBEDIENNE FROM THE MODEL BY HENRY CAHIEUX
Inscribed 'HENRY CAHIEUX' and inscribed 'F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR', on square rouge marble plinth
23½in. (60cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

The Parisian sculptor Henry Cahieux is recorded as having supplied Ferdinand Barbedienne with exclusive models for casting in bronze, among them vases with applied bas-reliefs depicting various subjects, principally in the fashionable japonaise and, as here, néo-grec styles.