Live Auction 3775The Opulent Eye - 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art, Ceramics & Carpets
A FRENCH POLYCHROME-PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED ALGERIAN ONYX VASE
Lot 1 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTOR

A FRENCH POLYCHROME-PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED ALGERIAN ONYX VASE

THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EUGÈNE CORNU AND POSSIBLY EXECUTED BY G. VIOT & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1870

Closed21 October 2015

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USD 30,000

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A FRENCH POLYCHROME-PATINATED BRONZE-MOUNTED ALGERIAN ONYX VASE
THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EUGÈNE CORNU AND POSSIBLY EXECUTED BY G. VIOT & CIE., PARIS, CIRCA 1870
The baluster vase with applied blossoming branches and flanked by a peacock, on a circular base with scrolled feet
23 ¾ in. (59.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

At this vase's center is an iridescently-patinated peacock intended to resemble Japanese metalworks known as mokume. Similar designs incorporating this design are repeated throughout Cornu's oeuvre, particularly a number of onyx guéridons of either peacock or crane-form, such as two sold at Christie's, London, 23 September 2010, lots 75 and 76. Another vase of this form, mounted as a lamp, was sold at Christie's, New York, 19 & 20 October 2011, lot 63 ($26,250).