Lot 299
  • 299

Vase couvert en spath-fluor à monture de bronze doré, vers 1830

Estimate
2,500 - 4,000 EUR
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Description

  • blue john - gilt bronze
  • Haut. 25,5 cm, larg. 15 cm
  • Height 10 in; width 6 in
les anses en enroulements issus de masques, reposant sur un socle en marbre vert antique et marbre rouge de Rance ; (socle et prise rapportés)

Condition

Illustration is quite attractive. Good quality of the spath-fluor with extensive contrast between orange and purple. As said the finiol and the base (2 blocks of marble) are later.
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