Live Auction 10710Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A PAIR OF FRENCH CARVED IVORY VASES AND COVERS
Lot 112

A PAIR OF FRENCH CARVED IVORY VASES AND COVERS

PROBABLY DIEPPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed24 November 2015

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GBP 3,500

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A PAIR OF FRENCH CARVED IVORY VASES AND COVERS
PROBABLY DIEPPE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Both decorated with carved foliate swags, ribbons to the body and a Greek key pattern around the square base, with the royal monograms of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette within laurel wreaths, the opposing sides with the fleur-de-lis emblems of France
7 1/8 in. (8.1 cm.) high

Specialist note

A comparable but earlier pair were sold in New York Sotheby's 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art sale 15 April 2011, lot 148, $17,500.