A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE 'NEO-GREC' VASES
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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE 'NEO-GREC' VASES

CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, DESIGNED BY FERDINAND LEVILLAIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1880

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE 'NEO-GREC' VASES
CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, DESIGNED BY FERDINAND LEVILLAIN, PARIS, CIRCA 1880
Each decorated in bas-relief with mythological battle scenes with an elongated neck and twin handles on a square base, both inscribed 'F. BARBEDIENNE', and signed F. LEVILLAIN FECIT 18[...]' to the body, one inscribed ink black ink to the underside of the foot '72138 ven al 850 pare'
20 1⁄2 in. (52 cm.) high; 8 in. (20 cm.) wide

Acquired from Alain Finard and Gérard Wahl Boyer, Paris.