A FRENCH ‘JAPONISME’ SILVERED-BRONZE AQUARIUM AND PEDESTAL

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£ 347 250
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29.07.2020 18:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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Vereinigtes Königreich, London
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A FRENCH ‘JAPONISME’ SILVERED-BRONZE AQUARIUM AND PEDESTAL

BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO ÉDOUARD LIÈVRE (1828-1886), CIRCA 1880

The spherical glass bowl within a silvered bronze bamboo frame modelled with miniature turtles and surmounted by a pierced foliate rim supported by three bamboo trellis handles centred by Chinese-character shou roundels, raised on three dragon-headed (bixi) turtles carrying baby turtles on their backs, the pedestal with circular top flanked by two geometric bamboo-form handles and ornamented with four bixi, the columnar central support modelled as rope-tied bamboo flanked by climbing mythical dragons on three bejewelled elephant head feet, signed to the base 'F. BARBEDIENNE' and stamped 'BB', the original glass bowl with inclusions in the making, cracks and chips

56 ¼ in. (143 cm.) high, overall

22 ¾ in. (57.7 cm.) high; 23 1/3 in. (60 cm.) diameter, the aquarium

33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) wide; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) deep, the stand

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