A pair of porcelain vases with gilt bronze mountings in the form of covered urns. The body is decorated with a round of young women draped in antique peplos and chiton. The individualised positions delicately render the movement of the dance. Above them is a frieze of meanders. The twisted foot decorated with vines rests on a square bronze base with four feet with flowers. The lid has a handle in the form of a pine cone. Both vases have an apocryphal mark of the Sèvres manufacture on the bottom of the body.
These Greek-style urns are characteristic of the return to classicism in the Louis XVI style. Influenced by archaeological discoveries in Pompeii and Herculaneum, craftsmen created objects inspired by Antiquity.
Dimension of base: 10.5 cm x 11 cm (4.13 in x 4.33 in)
Circa: 1880
Dim: L: 13cm, P: 13cm, H: 37cm.
Dim: W: 5,1in, D: 5,1in, H: 14,6in.
Condition report: In good condition.
- Reference :
- 3203
- Width :
- 13 (cm)
- Height :
- 37 (cm)
- Depth :
- 13 (cm)
- Period::
- 19th century
- Style::
- Neo-classical
- Materials::
- Porcelain, Gilded bronze
- Identifier Exists:
- False
