Details
Each shield shape with everted octafoil mouth, the neck with heraldic griffins centering a vase of flowers, the body with painted mythological figures in conversation, Greek key-pattern and geometric banding at the shoulder and socle
2934 in. (75.5 cm.) high (including fitments)
Provenance
With Ariane Dandois, Paris.
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Lot Essay

Henri Ardant and Cie., was located at the former Royal Factory in Limoges (Haute-Vienne), 6 de la Rue Cruveilhier (1858-78).

For a marked garniture similarly decorated in the Greek revival taste, see Christie's, New York, 11 March 1998 lot 75, and a pair of vases by Henri Ardant and Cie., see Christie's, London, 16 November 2011, lot 75.

Post Lot Text

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