ID 1250830
Lot 48 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED WHITE MARBLE VASES AND COVERS
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE GOUTHIERE, CIRCA 1780
Each with ovoid body flanked by ram’s masks issuing grape vines and above stiff-leaf cups, on a pinched spreading base edged by a laurel ring and on a canted panelled plinth
14 ½ in. (37 cm.) high; 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) wide; 6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) deep
Provenance
Collection of François-Michel Harenc de Presles; his sale, Paris 16 April 1792, lot 261 (postponed to 30 April 1795, lot 184).
| Artist: | Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813) |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
| Medium: | Marble, Gold, Stone |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Vases and vessels |
| Artist: | Pierre Gouthière (1732–1813) |
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| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
| Medium: | Marble, 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 |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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