A LOUIS XVI GREEN PORPHYRY VASE

Lot 7
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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£ 252 000
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ID 992739
Lot 7 | A LOUIS XVI GREEN PORPHYRY VASE
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
A LOUIS XVI GREEN PORPHYRY VASE

CIRCA 1770-82

With turned tapering neck above an ovoid body on a waisted socle terminating in a square plinth base

16 1/2 in. (42 cm.) high





Provenance

Supplied to Louis-Marie-Augustin d'Aumont Rochebaron, duc d'Aumont;

sold at his sale 12-21 December 1782, hôtel d'Aumont ,Paris, lot 5;

where acquired by King Louis XVI.



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