A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARIS PORCELAIN ATHENIENNES

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21.09.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
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ID 812985
Lot 46 | A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARIS PORCELAIN ATHENIENNES
A PAIR OF EMPIRE PARIS PORCELAIN ATHENIENNES

BY CARON & LEFEBVRE, CIRCA 1806

Formed of a gold-ground circular cup decorated with hieroglyphs in burnished gold, the base of the cup enriched with imitation bronze palmettes and husks, supported on three gold-ground pilasters adorned with lion masks and intertwined snakes terminating in a lion's paw, flanking three imitation bronze Egyptian terms in bas-relief, resting on a sheath with a gold ground and standing on a blue marbled ground, the gold ground circular base with burnished gold hieroglyphs, originally with an additional dish to the top

33 in. (89 cm.) high





Provenance

Probably at Pavlovsk Palace, St. Petersburg (where photographed with an additional dish).



Literature

Ouspenski, 'les Trésors d’Art dans le grand Palais de Pavlovsk', Starvé Gody, 1912.



Exhibited

L'exposition des Produits de L'industrie Français, Paris, 1806.



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