Description
Pair of covered vases forming potpourris In vermilion relacquered wood and gilt bronze, the handles decorated with zoomorphic masks, the frieze under the lid partly openwork, standing on a flat-channel pedestal. Louis XVI period, circa 1775-1780 H. 35 cm W. 25 cm D. 21 cm Provenance: > Collection of Baroness Cassel van Doorn; her sale at Galerie Charpentier, Paris, May 30, 1956, lot 84. > Private collection, in an apartment decorated by Victor Grandpierre, Paris Bibliography: > T. Kernan (ed.), "Les Réussites de la décoration française 1950-1960", collection Maison & Jardin, Paris, 1960, p. 89 (illustrated)
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Pair of covered vases forming potpourris In vermilion relacquered wood and gilt bronze, the handles decorated with zoomorphic masks, the frieze under the lid partly openwork, standing on a flat-channel pedestal. Louis XVI period, circa 1775-1780 H. 35 cm W. 25 cm D. 21 cm Provenance: > Collection of Baroness Cassel van Doorn; her sale at Galerie Charpentier, Paris, May 30, 1956, lot 84. > Private collection, in an apartment decorated by Victor Grandpierre, Paris Bibliography: > T. Kernan (ed.), "Les Réussites de la décoration française 1950-1960", collection Maison & Jardin, Paris, 1960, p. 89 (illustrated)
