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A PAIR OF BISCUIT VASES 'triomphe d'Amphitrite' Vases
Lot 116

A PAIR OF BISCUIT VASES 'triomphe d'Amphitrite' Vases

AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, 20TH CENTURY

Closed6 September 2011

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EUR 10,000

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A PAIR OF BISCUIT VASES 'triomphe d'Amphitrite' Vases
AFTER FRANCOIS GIRARDON, 20TH CENTURY
Each in two sections with a frieze of classical figures and with ram's heads to the sides, numbered 327
94 cm. high x 75 cm. diam; the plinth 37 cm. wide x 37 cm. deep (each) (2)

Specialist note

These two vases are modelled on a pair of marble vases by Girardon now in the Louvre. In 1683 they were placed in the North parterre of the Versailles Park, later in the parks of the Trianon and Saint-Cloud. In 1872 they were transferred to the Louvre.