ID 377770
Lot 36 | A FRENCH ‘JAPONISME’ SILVERED-BRONZE AQUARIUM AND PEDESTAL
Valeur estimée
£ 100 000 – 200 000
BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, PARIS, THE DESIGN ATTRIBUTED TO ÉDOUARD LIÈVRE (1828-1886), CIRCA 1880
The spherical glass bowl within a silvered bronze bamboo frame modelled with miniature turtles and surmounted by a pierced foliate rim supported by three bamboo trellis handles centred by Chinese-character shou roundels, raised on three dragon-headed (bixi) turtles carrying baby turtles on their backs, the pedestal with circular top flanked by two geometric bamboo-form handles and ornamented with four bixi, the columnar central support modelled as rope-tied bamboo flanked by climbing mythical dragons on three bejewelled elephant head feet, signed to the base 'F. BARBEDIENNE' and stamped 'BB', the original glass bowl with inclusions in the making, cracks and chips
56 ¼ in. (143 cm.) high, overall
22 ¾ in. (57.7 cm.) high; 23 1/3 in. (60 cm.) diameter, the aquarium
33 ½ in. (85 cm.) high; 29 ½ in. (75 cm.) wide; 24 ½ in. (62 cm.) deep, the stand
| Style artistique: | Symbolisme |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Statuettes |
| Style artistique: | Symbolisme |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Statuettes |
| Adresse de l'enchère |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London Royaume-Uni | |
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| Téléphone | +44 (0)20 7839 9060 | |
| Commission | see on Website | |
| Conditions d'utilisation | Conditions d'utilisation |












