Live Auction 10710Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE EWER
Lot 128

AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE EWER

CIRCA 1810, AFTER A MODEL BY ANDRE-ANTOINE RAVRIO

Closed24 November 2015

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GBP 1,250

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AN EMPIRE ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRONZE EWER
CIRCA 1810, AFTER A MODEL BY ANDRE-ANTOINE RAVRIO
The amphora body mounted with a trophy and mask under the spout, the handle with a griffin's mask terminal
21 ¾ in. (55.5 cm.) high

Specialist note

A portrait in The Louvre collection depicts the bronzier Andre-Antoine Ravrio (d.1814) at his desk with a near identical ewer with griffin handle.