Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

Classic Design: Furniture, Silver & Ceramics

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A Large French Red Marble and Gilt and Patinated Bronze Sculptural Vase after the model by Auguste Moreau, Circa 1875

New York Gantry Point Warehouse

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October 17, 04:07 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 USD

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Lot Details

Description

in the form of Cupid and Psyche supporting a vase and mounted on a marble and gilt bronze base; the foot of the sculpture signed A Moreau


height 57 in.; width of base 21 1/4 in.

145 cm; 54 cm

Christie's New York, 17 October 2017, lot 196

Born in Dijon, Auguste Moreau (1834-1917) was the youngest son of sculptor and painter Jean-Baptiste Moreau, and he worked with his brothers Hippolyte and Mathurin and exhibited regularly at the Paris Salon between 1861 and 1913.


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