Live Auction 2695The Opulent Eye
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE MARBLE VASES AND COVERS
Lot 34 PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATES OF DR. MILTON AND MRS. MARILYN MYERS, HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA

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

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed18 April 2013

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED ROUGE MARBLE VASES AND COVERS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each surmounted by a crown above a shield-shape body, flanked by entwined-serpent handles, on a square foot
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) high (2)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 May 1999, lot 107.

Specialist note

A pair of verde maritaca vases with similar crown-shaped covers and serpent handles, but with additional foliate mounts and central portrait medallions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, sold Sotheby's, New York, 25 April 2012, lot 98 ($15,000).