Circular bowl mounted on a gilded patinated bronze pedestal. The side grips are decorated with dragons, and the openwork wing alternates between flowering urns, dragons and lion heads. The center of the basin is adorned with a dragon surmounted by a crown and monogrammed "JB". The bowl rests on a circular base in red porphyry marble. Neo-Renaissance work from the second half of the 19th century. Diam. of the bowl 33 cm. Total diameter 49 cm. Weight : 5.50 kg. Traces of oxidation.

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