Pair of Patinated Bronze Vases

A fine pair of patinated bronze bacchanalian vases, after Clodion. Cast after the design by Clodion, the vases are modelled with masks depicting chimerical ibex flanked by laurel ...

A rare and large pair of neo-grec gilt and patinated bronze amphora vases. Designed by Ferdinand Levillain and cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne. Signed ‘F. Levillain’ and ‘F. Barbedienne’. These spectacular floor-standing Neo-Grec vases...

A fine pair of patinated bronze models of the townley vase, cast after the antique, by Auguste-Maximilien Delafontaine. The bronze stamped to the under...

A fine pair of patinated bronze and rouge griotte marble urns and covers, in the manner of Clodion. Of fine patina each urn has an ovoid shaped body cast in high relief with vine ...

A large and finely cast gilt and patinated bronze neoclassical style vase. This impressive vase is of oval shape with gilt and patinated bronze decoration of classical figures and...

A Large And Rare Pair of ‘Neo-Grec’ Style Multipatinated Bronze Amphora Vases by Ferdinand Levillain and Ferdinand Barbedienne. Signed to the cast ‘F. Levillain Fecit 1880’ and ‘F. Barbedienne’. This large pair of multipatinated vases are of amphora form modelled in the ‘Neo-Grec’ style with trumpet shaped necks and scrolling handles terminating in masks; the vases are raised on circular spreading bases put down on plinths. Each vase is finely ornamented with laurel leaves and garlands to the neck, the main body with a superb banded frieze cast in low relief depicting the Centauromachy. In the Centauromachy, the Lapiths battle with the Centaurs at the wedding feast of Pirithous. An enduring classical theme linked with the idea of culture versus nature, the Centauromachy was widely depicted in ancient Greece from the Southern Metopes of the Parthenon Freieze to the Temple of Apollo Epikourious at Bassai, it also appears as a subject on numerous Attic vases such as the Ilioupersis krater. A popular theme for artists from the Renaissance onwards it was depicted by amongst others, Michelangelo, Piero di Cosimo, Luca Signorelli, Sebastiano Ricci...

A handsome pair of Italian Art Deco cast and patinated bronze vases. Measure: Height 30 cm. Diameter 20 cm.

Pair of patinated bronze and ormolu ewer vases French, late 19th century Measures: Height 54cm, width 23cm, depth 18cm Each vase in this pair, wrough...

A pair of very large heavily cast urns in patinated bronze in the Egyptian Revival taste with deep carvings.

Of patinated bronze with gilt bronze highlights, each on a square base, the ovoid bodies decorated with ears of corn, signed 'A. Erdmann'. These impressive antique German vases...

Patinated Bronze vase by Nyköping's Ciselör workshop. Sweden, Circa 1940th. Marked by manufacturer. Small engraving on one side.

A pair of late 19th century French vases or urns, in the style of C.M.Clodion, in patinated bronze with a Belgian black marble base. The vase...