Ref: 2112
A Pair of Jasper Vases with Gilded Bronze Mounting
Ref: 2112
A Pair of Jasper Vases with Gilded Bronze Mounting
19th Century
50 x 23 cm (19⁵/₈ x 9 inches)
50 x 23 cm (19⁵/₈ x 9 inches)
Literature:
Hans Ottomeyer/Peter Pröschel, Gilded Bronzes, Vol. I, Munich 1986, p. 364, fig. 5.12.8OK. Bazenova, State Museum Pavlovsk: Complete Catalog of Collections of Colored Stones, 2013, ss. 63-64.
Exhibition:
A similar pair is located in the Mihailovsky Palace, St. Petersburg.
Description: In the style of Pierre-Philippe Thomire (French, 1751–1843)
The upper round plate has been regilded.
Each vase is campana-shaped with a flared egg-and-pipe rim. The upper part of the body is decorated with a band of vine leaves above a frieze of classically draped dancing girls. The outward-curving handles emerge from a band of acanthus leaves, on a fluted base. The square base is decorated with lyres and ribbon-tied wreaths, on a stepped base with lotus leaves on toupie feet. The shape was inspired by the famous Medici and Borghese vases, which were frequently reproduced in the Neoclassical and Empire periods.
The upper round plate has been regilded.
Each vase is campana-shaped with a flared egg-and-pipe rim. The upper part of the body is decorated with a band of vine leaves above a frieze of classically draped dancing girls. The outward-curving handles emerge from a band of acanthus leaves, on a fluted base. The square base is decorated with lyres and ribbon-tied wreaths, on a stepped base with lotus leaves on toupie feet. The shape was inspired by the famous Medici and Borghese vases, which were frequently reproduced in the Neoclassical and Empire periods.
A Pair of Jasper Vases with Gilded Bronze Mounting