Live Auction 3025The Decorative Arts Sale incl. Fine Paintings
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE VASES AND COVERS
Lot 557

A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE VASES AND COVERS

LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Closed27 March 2013

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EUR 7,500

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with domed cover with pineapple finial, the bodies each with two rams' heads projecting entwined serpent handles and hung with oak-leaf swags supported by paterae, on a square base
72 cm. high (2)

Specialist note

The inspiration for these vases comes from several 18th century ormolu-mounted vases. For another pair of 19th century vases of this model, also in red griotte marble, see H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröchel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 315.