Description
LARGE GILDED BRONZE BOWL The body finely chiseled of Renommées in an environment foliage. The handles in the shape of horses held by putti, on a fluted pedestal. It rests on a square base in black marble. Signed "Fannière Frères Paris" on the pedestal. Second half of the 19th century Total height : 44,5 cm 52 x 32 cm Reference bibliography: An identical bowl is illustrated in Henri Bouilhet, L'Orfèvrerie Française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, Paris, 1912, p. 69, presented as the "Vase executed for the Grand Prix de Paris in 1867, offered by the Emperor Napoleon III".
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LARGE GILDED BRONZE BOWL The body finely chiseled of Renommées in an environment foliage. The handles in the shape of horses held by putti, on a fluted pedestal. It rests on a square base in black marble. Signed "Fannière Frères Paris" on the pedestal. Second half of the 19th century Total height : 44,5 cm 52 x 32 cm Reference bibliography: An identical bowl is illustrated in Henri Bouilhet, L'Orfèvrerie Française aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, Paris, 1912, p. 69, presented as the "Vase executed for the Grand Prix de Paris in 1867, offered by the Emperor Napoleon III".
