A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE MONUMENTAL `ETRUSCAN` VASE

Lot 48
21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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ID 812966
Lot 48 | A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE MONUMENTAL 'ETRUSCAN' VASE
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
A FRENCH PATINATED-BRONZE MONUMENTAL 'ETRUSCAN' VASE

BY JEAN-FRANCOIS DENIERE, CIRCA 1834, AFTER A DESIGN BY ADRIEN-LOUIS-MARIE CAVELIER

Of ovoid form, with scrolling acanthus leaf handles, each terminating in a lion's head and female herm, the body with victory trophies with laurel leaves, palms and rosettes above floral garlands, on a rouge griotte marble pedestal

93 1/4 in. (237 cm.) high, overall; 27 1/4 in. (69.5 cm.) wide, the plinth; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) diameter





Provenance

Private Collection.



Literature

S. Flachat, L’Industrie. Exposition de 1834, Paris, 1834, p. 38 and p. 46, pl. IV-3.

Baron C. Dupin, Rapport du jury central sur les produits de l’industrie française exposés en 1834, vol. III, Paris, 1836, p. 504, chapter XLI, rewards for non-exhibitors.



COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

M. Lopez Serrano, El Palacio Real de Madrid, Madrid, 1975, pp. 156-157 and p. 167



Exhibited

Almost certainly, Exposition publique des produits de l'industrie française de 1834, Paris.



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