Live Auction 17140The Collector: English & European 18th & 19th Century Furniture, Ceramics, Silver & Works of Art
A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE VASE
Lot 46

A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE VASE

THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EMILE REIBER, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed9 April 2019

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USD 12,500

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A FRENCH 'JAPONISME' PARCEL-GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE VASE
THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO EMILE REIBER, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Of square baluster form, with fruiting branch-form handles, the body applied with bats and Chinese characters, the base supported by four elephant-head feet with down-turned scrolled trunks
26 ¾ in. (67.9 cm.) high, 11 in. (27.9 cm.) wide, 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) deep

Specialist note

The present vase is directly based on a drawing by Emile Reiber, published in L'art pour tous : Encyclopédie de l'art industriel et décoratif, 24ème année, no. 610, 15 novembre 1885, p. 2538. This popular model was also produced in earthenware faience by Théodore Deck. Another bronze vase of this form was sold Christie's, Paris, 15 November 2018, lot 19 (€11,875).