A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted marble vases, after a model by Pierre Adrien Pâris, with foundry stamp "SUSSE FRERES", 19th century
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October 17, 12:20 PM GMT
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A pair of Louis XVI style gilt-bronze mounted marble vases, after a model by Pierre Adrien Pâris, with foundry stamp "SUSSE FRERES", 19th century
urn-shaped vase body with fluted neck, removable lid and spigot knob as well as two handles in the shape of putti, on a round base with ashlar plate
height 18 in.; 46 cm.
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Paire de vases "Aux Amours" en marbre vert et bronze doré de style Louis XVI, XIXe siècle, d'après un modèle de Pierre Adrien Pâris, marque de fondeur "SUSSE FRERES"
height 18 in.; 46 cm.
(2)
Koller Zurich, 17 March 2008, lot 1289.
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Koller Zurich, 17 mars 2008, lot 1289.
The model, called "Vase Colonne de Pâris", is in the Musée National de Sèvres, a pair in Sèvres porcelain, the "Bleu de Rois Vases", in the Metropolitan Museum in the Kress Collection in New York. An identical pair was sold at Sotheby's New York on 19 September 2006, lot 130.
Pierre Adrien Pâris (1745–1819) was an architect and ornemanist who had worked for the duke d'Aumont in the 1770s, decorating his hôtel particulier on Place Louis XV in Paris.
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