Auction on
13 October 2019 - 14:30 (CEST) -
1 ter, boulevard de la République - 92210 Saint-Cloud
Spotlight on a Louis XV flat desk and some Languedoc marble Empire vases.
Empire period, pair of "amphora" vases in turned Languedoc marble, chased applied bronze mountings of swans with spread wings, palmettes, masks and friezes (frieze missing on one handle), 42.5 x 15 x 13 cm. Result: €152,500
Empire period, pair of "amphora" vases in turned Languedoc marble, chased applied bronze mountings of swans with spread wings, palmettes, masks and friezes (frieze missing on one handle), 42.5 x 15 x 13 cm. Result: €152,500
The Languedoc marble chosen for the pair of vases (reproduced) aroused keen interest because of its unusual use. Known from Antiquity, and much admired for the beauty of its range of white- and grey-veined reds, it…
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