A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE 'DULAC' VASES
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE 'DULAC' VASES

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

已結束2019年4月10日

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GBP 6,250

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE 'DULAC' VASES
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each with removable domed lid with pine-cone finial, the lower section with a Greek-key border above a pierced Vitruvian-scroll band frieze with lion-mask ring-handles to each side joined by swagged lion's pelts, the tapering ovoid body above a Greek-key panelled square base
18 ½ in. (47 cm.) high; 11 ½ in. (25 cm.) diameter

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These impressive vases, with lion's mask handles joined by drapery swags on a base cast with Greek-key, are based on the celebrated model developed by the marchand Jean Dulac in the 1770's. With their bold 'à la Grecque' mounts and often incorporating the amusing device of pop-up candlearms, the 'vases Dulac' were popular among the sophisticated collectors of the day, with examples acquired by Mme du Barry, Horace Walpole and Prince Baryatinski for Grand Duke Paul's apartments at Pavlovsk.

A similar pair of vases after Dulac's model with blue-ground porcelain bodies were sold Pinto Collection, Christie’s Paris, 12 September 2017, Lot 78 (€ 10,620, including premium).