ID 1126403
Lot 9 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN PORPHYRY (‘PORPHYRE VERT D’ALSACE’) VASES
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 400 000
THE VASES DESIGNED AND CARVED BY JEAN-BAPTISTE FEUILLET, THE ORMOLU ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE GOUTHIERE, CIRCA 1775-1780
Each with domed lid with pinecone finial, the vases of tapering form with entwined snake handles, on turned socle edged with leaves on square ormolu base
21 ¼ in. (54 cm.) high, 13 ¾ in. (35 cm.) wide
Provenance
Supplied by Jean-Baptiste Feuillet to Jérôme-Robert Millin du Perreux (1733-1794), from whose collection sold, 23 March 1784, lot 9, in a sale organized by Jean-Baptiste-Pierre Lebrun in Feuillet’s workshop on the grande rue du Faubourg Saint Martin.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold, Stone |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold, Stone |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
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