Pair of Gilt-Bronze Mounted Green Cipollino Marble Vases, circa 1890

A Pair of Large Gilt-Bronze Mounted Chinese Celadon-Ground and Slip Decorated Porcelain Vases. These vases of Chinese celadon porcelain from the late Quing Dynasty are slip-decorated with willow trees and prunus flowers. The finely sculpted gilt-bronze handles are modelled as winged merman term figures running on berried scrolled clasps to a rocaille raised foot. These superb vases are in the tradition for mounting Chinese porcelain with gilt-bronze accoutrements made by ciseleur-doreurs such as Pierre Gouthière for the marchand-merciers, namely Dominique Daguerre and Simon-Philippe Poirier. The practice continued into the nineteenth century when Prince Regent, later George IV (1762-1830), sent Chinese porcelain vases from the Royal...

A pair of gilt-bronze mounted Incarnat Turquin marble vases in the manner of Pierre Gouthière. Each vase is mounted with finely cast gilt bronze fema...

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...

An elegant and high quality pair of French 19th century Louis XVI st. Belle Époque period Ancient Green marble and Ormolu urns, signed F. Barbedienne. Each exquisite urn is raised by a square marble base with a bottom Ormolu plate and an Ormolu berried wreath band. Above the socle pedestal are finely chased foliate movements and striking Ormolu mounts leading up each side. Two charming young boys are holding draped berried laurel garlands...