ID 1225407
Lot 102 | A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED BRECCIA AFRICANO MARBLE URN
Estimate value
£ 50 000 – 80 000
CIRCA 1770
The urn surmounted by a pinecone finial above acanthus leaves, with a Vitruvian scroll collar hung with ring handles, with foliate base and on a fluted waisted socle with ribbon-wrapped reeded foot and on a rectangular plinth, above a rectangular base
17 in. (43 cm.) high; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) deep, approx.
Provenance
Almost certainly from the collection of Augustin Blondel de Gagny (1695-1776); his sale, Paris, 10 July 1776, lot 419.
Acquired by the present owner from Norman Adams, London, in the 1970s or early 1980s.
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