Monumental French Bronze-Mounted Vase
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Description
Monumental French Bronze-Mounted Vase in the Sevres Taste
first quarter 20th century, decorated in the round with a water nymph in a diaphanous robe below frolicking cherubs, the reverse with a cherub at a fountain near a swan, set with pierced gilt-bronze handles, the neck and base trimmed with raised gilt, the cover with a spurious Sevres-style mark and "Made in France".
h. 40-3/4", w. 11", d. 8"
Provenance: Estate of Mahin Forrest, Houston, Texas.
first quarter 20th century, decorated in the round with a water nymph in a diaphanous robe below frolicking cherubs, the reverse with a cherub at a fountain near a swan, set with pierced gilt-bronze handles, the neck and base trimmed with raised gilt, the cover with a spurious Sevres-style mark and "Made in France".
h. 40-3/4", w. 11", d. 8"
Provenance: Estate of Mahin Forrest, Houston, Texas.
Condition
The cover professionally restored with touch ups to the gilded porcelain outer rim of the vase.
The scenic landscape body good with general craquelure to the glaze throughout.
Gilt bronze mounts with typical scattered oxidation.
The porcelain foot indicates restoration at and below the knop with touch ups to portions of the gilt
decoration.
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Monumental French Bronze-Mounted Vase
Estimate $1,500 - $2,500
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