Lot 87
Lot 87
THREE FRENCH 'NEO-GREC' GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE VASES

CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, THE MODELS BY FERDINAND LEVILLAIN, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 4,375
Estimate
GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000
Closed: 20 May 2021
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THREE FRENCH 'NEO-GREC' GILT AND PATINATED-BRONZE VASES

CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE, THE MODELS BY FERDINAND LEVILLAIN, PARIS, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Price Realised GBP 4,375
Closed: 20 May 2021
Price Realised GBP 4,375
Closed: 20 May 2021
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Comprising a pair of amphora-shaped vases and a smaller vase of stamnos form; the larger vases each flanked with Bacchic mask handles above grape-harvest scenes to one side and profiles of Bacchus and Ariadne respectively to the obverse above four volute-scroll headed legs terminating in hoof feet on a quatrefoil base and signed 'F. LEVILLAIN' and 'F. BARBEDIENNE', the smaller vase cast with high-relief masks of male gods to the neck between a pair of loop handles and above depictions of male figures riding chariots and winged putti on a spreading circular base decorated with grazing deer and signed 'F. LEVILLAIN INV' and 'F. BARBEDIENNE'
The pair: 1714 in. (44 cm.) high; 6 in. (15.5 cm.) wide
The smaller vase: 1034 in. (27.5 cm.) high; 612 in. (16.5 cm.) diameter
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