A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE URNS

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE URNS

CIRCA 1825

Details

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE URNS
CIRCA 1825
Each with pierced lid and cast relief of dancing classical maidens and putti
18 in. (46 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 June 1995, lot 86.
Yves Mikaeloff; Christie's, New York, 21 May 1997, lot 412.

Sale room notice

Please note that these marble urns are Restauration, circa 1825.

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Lot Essay

A similar pair of vases in the Pilaster Room at Pavlovsk is illustrated A. Kuchumov, Pavlovsk Palace and Park, St. Petersburg, 1975, no. 201. Another pair now in the Hermitage Museum was supplied to Emperor Paul I by the dealer Guillaume Culot.

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