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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED BRONZE VASES AND COVERS
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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED BRONZE VASES AND COVERS

ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1795

Fermé26 March 2013

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A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED PATINATED BRONZE VASES AND COVERS
ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, CIRCA 1795
Each with pierced rectilinear handles cast with anthropomorphic masks on waisted socles and rouge griotte marble plinth bases
20 in. (50.7 cm.) high; 5¾ in. (14.5 cm.) wide; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) deep (2)

Note du spécialiste

These vases, of slender attenuated form are typical of the oeuvre of Claude Galle (1759-1815). Apprenticed to Pierre Foy during the latter years of the reign of Louis XVI, Galle became a master in 1786. He flourished during the Empire, when he supplied bronzes to Compingne, Versailles and the Grand Trianon, but also to various other Courts in Europe.