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A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU GILT-BRONZE JARDINIERE
Lot 94 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MILWAUKEE (LOTS 94-95)

A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU GILT-BRONZE JARDINIERE

CAST BY SIOT, PARIS, FROM A MODEL BY FRANCOIS-RAOUL LARCHE, CIRCA 1890

Closed20 October 2011

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A FRENCH ART NOUVEAU GILT-BRONZE JARDINIERE
CAST BY SIOT, PARIS, FROM A MODEL BY FRANCOIS-RAOUL LARCHE, CIRCA 1890
Of oval reed form modeled with seven infants and a sleeping river-god, signed RAOUL LARCHE, with foundry inscription SIOT PARIS and stamped Y 922; with tin liner
7 in. (17.7 cm.) high, 26 in. (66 cm.) wide, 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep

Sotheby's, New York, 14 March 1997, lot 204.

Specialist note

An example of the present jardinière, conceived by Larche as a part of a three-piece table garniture, is illustrated in A. Duncan, The Paris Salons, Suffolk, 1999, Vol. V, illus. p. 369. A pair of companion tazze, also illustrated, was sold at Christies, New York, 24 April 2003, lot 329.