Lot 124
  • 124

A LARGE SILVER-GILT POT À OILLE, LINER AND COVER, MAISON ODIOT, PARIS, 1983-1992 | A large silver-gilt pot à oille, liner and cover, Maison Odiot, Paris, 1983-1992

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 EUR
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Description

  • Haut. 67 cm ; 26 1/4 in. high ; 17.024 g. ; 600,5 oz
on a circular base with a frieze of stylized foliage on a matted ground, the bowl supported on cast figures of Ceres, Bacchus and Vertumne and applied with a frieze of trailing vines and dolphins, with Bacchic female mask and double serpent handles, the domed cover with pomegranate finial

Provenance

Christie's London, Robert de Balkany, Rome & the Côte d'Azur, 22-23 March 2017, lot 602

Condition

Minor scratches and dents in places (biggest dent to Apollo's left leg). Some oxidation traces especially to the figures. Each element well marked. In overall good condition. Impressive size and weight.
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Catalogue Note

This soup-tureen has been made after the one created in 1817 by Jean-Baptiste-Claude Odiot after a design of Adrien-Louis-Marie Cavelier. It was part of a service delivered to Count Demidoff and now partly in the Louvre Museum with other pieces of this service (OA 12162-12165).