A pair of gilt-bronze-mounted Egyptian porphyry ewers the mounts in Régence style

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 GBP

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Description

each 28cm. high; 11in.

each with a baluster body and everted spout terminating in floral sprays, the scrolled handles cast with a dragon, on a ribbed acanthus leaf cast circular base

Catalogue Note

Comparative Literature:
Daniel Alcouffe, Anne-Dion Tenenbaum, Gérard Mabille, Gilt-bronzes in the Louvre, Dijon, 2004, p. 89 (inv. OA 5151).
Pierre Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Age à nos jours, Paris, 2000, p. 52.

Alcouffe, op. cit.p. 89, illustrates a pair of 18th century ewers with dragon handle mounts and states that, `This type of mount met with great success...' and it also enjoyed great popularity in the 19th century.