Description
Base attribuée à JOSEPH BAUMHAUER (actif à Paris, vers 1749 – 1772)
MOUNTED VASE IN EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY Porphyry vase : Italy, 17th century Mounting : France, 18th century Base : Paris, circa 1760 Egyptian red porphyry ; chased and gilt bronze ; ebony and gilt bronze H. 35,5 cm, W. 15 cm, D. 15 cm This vase in red Egyptian porphyry was made in the 17th century. Of ovoid form, on a pedestal and a square base, it presents an ornamentation of gilded bronze composed of two handles with finely chiseled scrolls emerging from two leaves ending in a cluster and a frieze of water leaves at the base of the body. Our vase rests on a square ebony and gilt bronze base decorated with flowered posts, similar to the one executed by Joseph Baumhauer for a "Geoffrin" clock in the Wrightsman collection, now in the Metropolitan (fig. 1).
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Base attribuée à JOSEPH BAUMHAUER (actif à Paris, vers 1749 – 1772)
