ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE ANTOINE RAVRIO PAIR OF EGG... Lot 351

ATTRIBUTED TO ANDRE ANTOINE RAVRIO PAIR OF EGG TANKS ovoid in patinated bronze and gilt bronze, the body decorated with water leaves, openwork palmettes and a torus, the handles in scrolls with griffin heads, ending in scrolls and a mascaron. They stand on a round base and a quadrangular molded marble base Empire period (small chips in the marble) 13.5 H: 37 cm Provenance: Jean LEFEVRE Collection (1908-1965), architect. A painting by François-Henri Riesener, dated 1812 and preserved in the Louvre Museum (INV 7488 and MN 36), represents the bronzemaker André Antoine Ravrio with a ewer on his desk, quite comparable to the pair we present