Ormolu Vases

A fine quality Sèvres style porcelain and gilt bronze-mounted vase and Cover. Hand painted continuous allegorical figural scene, signed Maxant Origin: French Date: circa 1860 Dimens...

This magnificent pair of vases is wrought from gilt bronze and champlevé enamel in the distinctive, visually striking Renaissance Revival style. The cylindrical body of each vase is ...

Stunning and very large Chinese Canton famille verte ormolu mounted porcelain vase of museum quality, from the city of Canton, is decorated in the so-called Famille Verte manner, mid...

A beautiful antique French ormolu and cut crystal trumpet. Finely detailed, this piece transitions from classical to modern interiors.

A fine quality Pair of Sevres ormolu-mounted Gilt Bronze, hand painted with extensive gilt highlights, cobalt blue porcelain vases. Signed Bertren of Balluster form painted with an a...

The circular stepped bases of vase form this unusually surmounted with an ormolu twin branch these supporting drip pans and thistle shaped candle nozzles these cut with fine strawber...

A pair of gilt bronze and porcelain vases. Rising from a rounded cut-corner square marble base, the miniature blue de roi-glazed porcelain ewers dressed with gilt bronze mounts; t...

A pair of gilt bronze Grand Tour urns mounted on marble bases.

Large antique French Sèvres style porcelain and gilt bronze vase French, 19th Century Overall dimensions: Height 157cm, width 60cm, depth 44cm Vase: Height 141cm, width 60cm, depth...

A Pair of Late 19th Century Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Iridescent Vases Each of elongated baluster form, finely painted romantic scene , the reverse a river scene with a castle in ...

Cobalt blue ground beaded with raised gold decoration urn with fabulous hand painting. Origin: Austrian Date: 19th century Dimension: 39 in. x 12 in.

Pair of antique Louis XVI style green marble and gilt bronze vases French, Late 19th Century Height 50cm, width 24cm, depth 18cm A superb example of late 19th century French decora...

Pair of very large French blue glass and ormolu vases French, 20th Century Height 153cm, width 50cm, depth 53cm Blue glass and shining gold ormolu are combined to create this stunn...

Pair of ormolu-mounted sevres style porcelain iridescent-polychrome vases and covers with two female figures relaxing in a lush garden, each vase depicting a different moment in the ...

This is a beautiful antique pair of French Louis Revival Sèvres "Bleu Celeste" porcelain and ormolu mounted twin handled vases, circa 1880 in date. They are superbly decorated in ...

Beautifully hand painted with lovers to the front and a bouquet to the reverse with handles Date: 19th century Origin: French Dimension: 28 x 15 inches.

Large 19th-century Russian Neoclassical Ormolu and Amethyst Cut Glass Vase St. Petersburg, mid-19th century  Offering a magnificent glimpse into 19th-century Russian Neoclassicism, ...

Magnificent pair of Royal Vienna-style porcelain urns each with a claret ground and a painted reserve depicting classical figures in allegorical theme. Date: 19th century Origin...

A pair Napoleon III Egyptian imperial porphyry urns and covers, each with a shaped cover and baluster body on a concave support and square b...

Monumental Royal Vienna classical porcelain vase Austria, 19th Century Height 152cm, diameter 41cm This magnificent vase was made by the renowned Royal Vienna Porcelain Manufactory ...

With its delightful painted representations of the four seasons and bacchanalian scenes, this ‘bleu celeste’ garniture demonstrates the technical excellence of Sevres factory porcelain. On top of this, the porcelain vases are beautifully decorated with gilt bronze (ormolu) mounts, expertly cast by Henri Picard, the manufacturer and gilder to Emperor Napoleon III. This garniture is comprised of a central jardinière and a pair of flanking vases. The jardinière features a wide porcelain body, which is topped by a gilt bronze guilloche-patterned neck. This is fitted with two geometric handles, which terminate in cherubs masks. The jardinière body is finely decorated with a continuous painting of putti playing together in a woodland setting. One putti holds the pinecone-tipped staff carried by followers of Bacchus (or Dionysus), the god of wine and ecstasy. Several putti ride on a goat, led on a harness by other putti. This painting is edged with jewelled and parcel gilt decoration, set against a bright ‘bleu celeste’ ground. The jardinière stands on a shaped gilt bronze stem, its top encircled by a band of stiff leaves, its middle by a laurel wreath, and its foot by beading. The jardinière is placed on a square gilt bronze plinth, which is decorated with grape-form finials, hung draperies and foliate motifs, and is set on four beaded toupie feet. The pair of vases are similar to the jardinière in their design. They feature ovoid ‘bleu celeste’ porcelain bodies, which are decorated with continuous paintings of the four seasons, within gilt and jewelled frames. Winter is depicted in a scene showing putti huddled together on a sleigh in a snowy landscape, and autumn by cherubs reaping crops with a sickle. Spring is shown by cherubs wearing flower wreaths and dancing while holding garlands, and summer by putti picking grapes and drinking wine. The vases’ bodies are topped by pointed gilt and jewelled ‘bleu celeste’ porcelain lids, crowned by gilt bronze grape finials. Like the jardinière, the vases are fitted with gilt bronze cherub...

1930's French art glass vase with ormolu mounts circa 1930. Elegant hand blown art glass of reds and whites, profusely decorated with ormolu mounts to the rim, top and base.   Decor...

A Magnificent, Rare, and Large Pair of Chinese Kangxi (18th Century) Famille Vert Porcelain French Louis XVI Style (19th Century) Ormolu Mounted Solider Vases. These monumental vase...

Pair of Napoleon III Opaline Glass and Ormolu Tassel Vases Paris, circa 1870s Enhance your collection or interior with this exquisite pair of Napoleon III...

A fine and important monumental pair of Sevres gilt bronze mounted, hand painted with extensive gilt highlights, cobalt blue porcelain vases and cover with lovers and landscapes on o...

A pair of large ormolu mounted Sèvres style porcelain vases. French, late 19th century. Measures: height 130cm, width 45cm, dept...

An exquisite pair of Sèvres style ormolu-mounted, cobalt blue, porcelain vases with lion mask handles, hand painted mythological scenes to the front. Date: circa 1880 Origin: Fre...

A Highly Important Pair of French Japonisme Ormolu, Patinated Bronze & Cloisonné Vases, by Christofle & Cie. Christofle & Cie is a renowned French silver and metalwork manufacturer f...

An important rare pair of Sèvres gilded porcelain vases with lion heads and hand painted flowers Date: circa 1880 Origin: French Dimension: 29...

A fine Pair of 19th century Japanese Imari Porcelain and French Gilt-Bronze Mounted Thirteen-Light Celadon Torchere Candelabra. The bottle-shaped Japonisme vases with a Royal red background, decorated with parcel-gilt and black soaring eagles in the hunt within a forestall scene. Each Vase fitted and surmounted with a French 19th century Louis XV Style 13-Light scrolled candelabrum and all raised on a circular pierced gilt-bronze plinth. circa: 1880. Imari Porcelain (????) is the name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyushu. They were exported to Europe extensively from the port of Imari, Saga, between the second half of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. The Japanese as well as Europeans called them Imari. In Japanese, these porcelains are also known as Arita-yaki (???). Imari or Arita porcelain has been continously produced up through the present day. Characteristics Though there are many types of Imari, Westerners' conception of Imari in the popular sense is associated only with a type of Imari produced and exported in large quantity in mid-17th century. This type is called Kinrande. Kinrande Imari is colored porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze. The color combination was not seen in China at that time. Traditional Ming dynasty color porcelain used dominantly red and green, probably due to scarcity of gold in China, whereas gold was abundant in Japan in those days. The subject matter of Imari is diverse, ranging from foliage and flowers to people, scenery and abstractions. Some Imari design structures such as kraak style were adopted from China, but most designs were uniquely Japanese owing to the rich Japanese tradition of paintings and costume design. The porcelain has a gritty texture on the bases, where it is not covered by glaze. There is also blue and white Imari. Kakiemon style Imari is another type of Imari, but it tends to be categorized separately in Europe. History "Imari" was simply the trans-shipment port for Arita wares. It was the kilns at Arita which formed the heart of the Japanese porcelain industry. Arita's kilns were set up in the 17th century, when kaolin was discovered in 1616 by the immigrant Korean potter, Yi Sam-pyeong (1579–1655). (He may also be known by the name, "Kanage Sambei".) Yi Sam-Pyeong, along with his extended family of 180 persons, left Korea on the offer of a privileged position in Japan. This decision was made after the occurrence of certain Japanese invasions of Korea. After Yi Sam-Pyeong's discovery, his kilns began to produce revised Korean-style blue and white porcelains, known as "Shoki-Imari". In the mid-17th century there were also a lot of Chinese refugees in Northern Kyushu due to the turmoil on Chinese continent, and it is said one of them brought coloring technique to Arita. Thus Shoki-Imari developed into Ko-KutaniImari. Ko-Kutani was produced around 1650 for both export and domestic market. Blue and white porcelain continued to be produced and they are called Ai-Kutani. Ko-Kutani Imari for the export market usually adopted Chinese design structure such as kraak style, whereas Ai-Kutani for the domestic market were highly unique in design and are accordingly valued very much among collectors. Ko-Kutani style evolved into Kakiemon style Imari, which was produced for about 50 years around 1700. Imari achieved its technical and aesthetic peak in Kakiemon style, and it dominated European market. Blue and white Kakiemon is called Ai-Kakiemon. Kakiemon style transformed into Kinrande in the 18th century. Kinrande used blue underglaze and red and gold overglaze, and later some other colors. Imari began to be exported to Europe because the Chinese kilns at Ching-te-Chen were damaged in the political chaos and the new Qing dynasty government stopped trade in 1656–1684. Exports to Europe were made through the Dutch East India Company, but the designation "Imari Porcelain" in Europe connotes Arita wares of mostly Kinrande Imari. Export of Imari to Europe stopped in mid-18th century when China began export to Europe again, since Imari was not able to compete against China due to high labor cost. By that time, however, both Imari and Kakiemon style were already so popular among Europeans, Chinese export porcelain copied both Imari and Kakiemon style, which is called Chinese Imari. At the same time, European kilns, such as Meisen also tried to copy Imari and Kakiemon. Export of Imari surged again in late 19th century (Meiji era) when Japonism flourished in Europe. Thus in western world today, two kinds of Imari can...

Pair of large Sèvres style gilt porcelain mounted vases. French, Late 19th century. Height 97cm, diameter 26cm. These beautiful vases are a p...

Pair of French neoclassical style lapis and gilt bronze vases French, late 19th century Measures: Height 46cm, diameter 19cm Each vase in this pair, crafted from gilt bronze mou...

Pair neoclassical Paris Porcelain gilt vases. Exceptional pair of large white and gilt painted campana form urns with strigilated patterning on body dow...

An important pair of ormolu-mounted cobalt blue Sèvres Porcelain vases with hand painted portrait and scenes to the front and back. Date...

Sevres Blue Ground Porcelain Gilt Metal Mounted Two Handle Ovoid Vase, late 19th century, with ram's head mounts, the body painted with a romantic scene titled "Serment D'Aimer Tout...

Decorated with Insects From our Decorative collection, we are delighted to offer a pair of French Aesthetic Movement Bronze Vases. The Frenc...

Highly important pair of royal Vienna painted porcelain urn and cover Painted with two large allegorical scenes. Cobalt blue ground with gold raised decoration and two handles. Sign...

A fine ormolu flower epergne with scroll banding supported on paw feet stamped Osler segmented in four sections, each with five posy vases of various sizes with flat diamond cut bodi...

A fine and Large Pair of 19th century Orientalist Motif French Ormolu and Champlevé Enamel Vases with Foo Lion Handles of Magnificent quality and condition, Attributed to F. Barbedie...

A pair of ormolu mounted malachite Ekaterinburg vases after a design by I.I. Galberg French, 20th century Height 51cm, diameter 32cm Crafted to a design by the prestigious architect...

An impressive and extremely decorative Japanese 19th century Imari porcelain and French Louis XV st. Ormolu centerpiece/urn. This stunning centerpiece is raised by a circular pierced...

Large pair of Sèvres-style Napoleonic vases with ormolu mounts French, Late 19th Century Height 148cm, diameter 48cm Of inverted ovoid form, these Sèvres-style vases combine elegant...

Large antique French ormolu mounted porcelain vase French, Late 19th century Height 138cm, width 59cm, depth 46cm This exceptional 19th-century porcelain vase, in a rare white colou...

Each cobalt ground with gilding, trumpet-form neck over baluster form body decorated with a figural scene in the garden, reverse with a garden folly, gilt...

A French 19th Century Pot-Pourri Covered Vase Large pot-pourri covered and ormolu-mounted ceramic vase Resting on an ormolu base simulating a perfume burner with posts in claws. L...

A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Turquoise Ground Porcelain Vases. Each of baluster form with gilt-bronze collar above an inverted pear-shaped body flanked by acanth...

A very good quality pair of French classical late 19th Century Sevres style porcelain, ormolu mounted vases. Each with turquoise ground, inset hand painted panels depicting romantic scenes and floral scenes to the reverse. Gilded ormolu Rams head...

A stunning pair of ormolu mounted Sèvres style porcelain vases and covers, made in France in the late nineteenth century in superb Sèvres style. With gilt pinecone finials and covers...

An impressive and monumentally scaled French 19th century Neo-Greek st. Ormolu and Rouge Griotte Marble vase, attributed to Barbedienne. This stunning vase is raised on a triangular ...

These truly exceptional and rare antique Louis XVI period vases have been sculpted from agate, a precious and highly sought-after stone. The vases are set on square agate bases with gilt bronze laurel wreath socles. The burgundy and claret agate bodies of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze acanthus leaf ornamentation, and twin lion masks joined by draped swags above. The lids of the vases are mounted with gilt bronze, surmounted by pine cone finials. The vases' design is attributed to the late 18th century, French clockmaker Martin Baffert. Baffert worked with a number of Parisian bronziers including Jean-Nicholas Fremont, Nicolas-Guillaume Jourdan and Francois-Robert Leguel, who assisted in the creation of his designs. This pair of vases is very similar to another pair of vases which Baffert designed, which form part of a clock garniture currently in the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor. The Rothschild vases...

Pair of large French malachite vases French, 20th Century Height 77cm, diameter 50cm Of campana form, this stylish pair of vases is crafted from malachite and gilt bronze. A malac...

A very fine pair of gilt-bronze mounted green cipollino marble vases. Each vase is of baluster form the marble body encircled by laurel and vine le...

A fine and important Sèvres style bronze mounted and cobalt porcelain with hand painted courting figures in landscapes. Origin: French Date: 19th century Dimension: Centerpiece:...

A fine neoclassical style Royal Vienna porcelain covered urns. With enameled, jeweled accents, gilt scroll designs, and a continuous scene of worldly figures from classical to Renai...

A fine quality pair of Sèvres style ormolu-mounted porcelain urns with cherubs and flowers. Origin: French Late 19th-early 20th century Measure: H...

An elegant pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. ormolu and cobalt blue glass vases. Each vase is raised by a lovely ormolu base with a fin...

These beautiful porcelain vases feature elegant Rococo-style decorations in the manner of the Sèvres manufactures. The vases feature slightly flared cylindrical porcelain bodies ...

An exquisite and most unusual pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Black Belgian marble, silvered bronze and ormolu vases. The pair are raised by a mottled Black Belgian marble ...

Set of two large green glass gilt bronze mounted vases French, 20th Century Height 153cm, width 50cm, depth 53cm Pairing gilt bronze with s...

A fine pair of flower epergnes on swirl rib base supporting a rope twist harp mounted with ormolu strings between dragon and lion heads, the harp issuing eight swirl ribbed posy vase...