A gilt-bronze mounted cipolino verde marble lidded urn, by Paul Sormani, Paris circa 1880

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

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Description

height 16 ½ in.
42 cm

of spreading form, the cover with vine and grape finials over ribbon-tied laurel leaves and acanthus leaf borders, each side respectively with handles in the form of a scantily clad mermaid and a female faun both clutching leaf-cast garlands, on trumpeted foot, signed P. SORMANI. PARIS at base.

Literature

For a color plate of the original drawing by Gouthiere see: E. Molinier, Le Mobilier Francais du XVII et XVIII Siecle, plate 37.

Catalogue Note

The design of the present lot relates directly to a lidded-urn designed by Pierre Gouthière (1732-circa 1814), bought by Louis XVI and now at the Louvre.