Live Auction 4887Christie's Interiors
A PAIR OF BRONZE AND PARCEL-GILT VASES
Lot 382

A PAIR OF BRONZE AND PARCEL-GILT VASES

LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER CLAUDE BALLIN

Closed3 April 2012

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GBP 1,750

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A PAIR OF BRONZE AND PARCEL-GILT VASES
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER CLAUDE BALLIN
With feline ring handles surmounted by sphinx, the sides with bands of classical masks, set on black marble plinths
16 in. (41 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

This design is by Claude Ballin (1615-1678). The original is part of a set of thirteen pairs, designed for Louis XIV's formal terraced garden's at Versailles