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Paire de vases couverts en porphyre rouge d’Égypte
$214,900.72
£158,487.13
€180,000
CA$297,025.03
A$330,311.65
CHF 173,369.44
MX$4,027,991.64
NOK 2,191,046.07
SEK 2,054,193
DKK 1,370,368.16
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Le porphyre était très prisé dans l’Antiquité pour sa couleur éclatante (porphyre vient d’un mot grec signifiant “mauve”) et sa dureté remarquable. Les romains l’importaient en grande quantité d’Égypte, l’utilisant pour des éléments architecturaux ou pour sculpter des portraits. La couleur mauve, symbole du pouvoir impérial, avait une signification toute particulière à Rome. Avec la redécouverte de la Rome classique pendant la Renaissance, le symbolisme du porphyre fut repris et la pierre activement collectionnée par les plus grands personnages de l’époque, comme les Médicis, Louis XIV, le cardinal de Richelieu et le cardinal Mazarin.
Sous le règne de Louis XVI, les pierres exotiques sont remises au goût du jour quand le duc d’Aumont, illustre collectionneur, établit un atelier à l’Hôtel des Menus Plaisirs pour tailler et polir les marbres précieux ainsi que les pierres dures, sous la direction de l’architecte François-Joseph Belanger et du sculpteur Augustin Bocciardi.
- Dimensions:Height: 11.42 in (29 cm)Diameter: 13.98 in (35.5 cm)
- Style:Régence (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:vers 1800
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- Seller Location:PARIS, FR
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU9735240382322
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