A pair of Transition era ormolu flame urns - image-1
A pair of Transition era ormolu flame urns - image-2
A pair of Transition era ormolu flame urns - image-1A pair of Transition era ormolu flame urns - image-2

Lot 600 Rα

A pair of Transition era ormolu flame urns

Auction 1140 - overview Cologne
15.11.2019, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 6.000 € - 8.000 €
Result: 7.440 € (incl. premium)
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A pair of Transition era ormolu flame urns

Cast in several parts comprising baluster form vases with Neoclassical decor and mascaron handles. Chips and restorations to the red marble plinths. H 48.3 cm.
Paris, ca. 1760 - 70.

Provenance

From the collection of a Rhenish industrialist family.

Literature

Cf. Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronze, vol. I, Munich 1986, no. 3.14.8, a fire dog with a ram's head vase in Versailles.
Cf. Lang, Die Entwicklung des "Cheminée à al francaise " und seiner Dekoration, in: Ottomeyer/Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronze, vol. II, Munich 1986, p. 443 ff.