A pair of French époque Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble vases. - image-1
A pair of French époque Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble vases. - image-2
A pair of French époque Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble vases. - image-3
A pair of French époque Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble vases. - image-1A pair of French époque Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble vases. - image-2A pair of French époque Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble vases. - image-3

Lot 523 Dα

A pair of French époque Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble vases.

Auction 1048 - overview Cologne
15.05.2015, 14:00 - Jewellery, Furniture, Objects of Vertu, Boxes, Portrait Miniatures
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 16.120 € (incl. premium)
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A pair of French époque Louis XVI ormolu mounted white marble vases.

A pair of urn-form vases with opulent neoclassical fire-gilt bronze decor. With minor chips to the marble. H 43.5 cm.
Probably after 1790 and possibly after a design by Pierre-Philippe Thomire.

A porphyry vase with similar bronze appliques formerly owned by Madame du Barry is now kept in the Louvre. It has occasionally been attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire.

Literature

For the vase in the Louvre cf. cat.: Les Bronzes d´ameublement du Louvre, Dijon 2004, no. 117.