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An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 1
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An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 3
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 4
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 5
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 6
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 7
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 8
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 9
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 10
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 11
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 12
An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals image 13
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Lot 1086

An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals

Fine European Furniture and Decorative Arts
17 March 2014, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$50,000 - US$80,000

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An imposing pair of Belle Époque style gilt bronze and malachite urns on Neoclassical style parcel gilt painted pedestals

Each with Berainesque gilt bronze tracery cast everted rim above a vessel mounted with oval plaques within acorn and oak leaf frames, the first depicting two partially clad classical women engaged in conversation with putti at their feet, the second depicting two Muses beneath a palm tree and a pyramid in the background, one Muse holding a relief plaque of Louis XIV; handles cast with bearded masks wearing laurel wreaths and joined to the plaques by oak and acorn swags; the shaped socle with cabochon and volute scrolls raised on a stepped square plinth with canted corners; the pedestals with square top and canted corners above swag carved fluted supports and a stepped base.
height of urns 38in (97cm); width across handles 29 1/2in (75cm); height of pedestals 31 1/2in (80cm); width across top 22 1/2in (57cm)

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