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A Pair of Russian Patinated and Gilt Bronze Urns

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Decorative Arts Start Price:10,000.00 USD Estimated At:40,000.00 - 60,000.00 USD
A Pair of Russian Patinated and Gilt Bronze Urns
<B>A Pair of Russian Patinated and Gilt Bronze Brule Perfumes</B></I><BR><BR>In the manner of Pierre-Philippe Thomire<BR>Unknown maker, possibly Russia<BR>Nineteenth Century<BR>Patinated and gilt bronze<BR>Unmarked<BR>26.5 in. high x 12.5 in. diameter<BR><BR>Surmounted by anthemia-pierced lids with pine cone finials, the campana-form urns adorned with a flared rim cast with naturalistic leaves and clustered berries; a frieze containing a procession of dancing nymphs surrounds the waist, above a swelling base decorated with applied foliate mounts and flanked by cast ram's heads upon a stem terminated in a beribboned leaf and berry socle. The urns rest upon rectangular stepped pedestal bases with alternating portrait medallions and winged-griffon mounts.<BR><BR>Provenance:<BR>Sold <I>Kunstwerke Aus Den Bestanden Leningrader Museen Und Schlosser Hermitage, Palais Michailoff, Gatschina UA,</B></I> Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, November 1928, lots 195, 1964 Items <BR><BR><B>Condition Report:</B> Normal signs of wear as appropriate with age. Innerliners replaced.
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