Napoleon III bronze vases

$3,500.00

Pair of large 19th century Napoleon III vases in chiseled bronze with partially gilded medal patina, model after * Clodion in Louis XVI style with decoration on all sides in high relief animated by Putti in Bacchus, the handles with rams heads are connected by garlands of gilded laurels, the flared collars are topped with foliated and gilded pine cone sockets, the whole resting on a pedestal with a beaded ring and gilt laurel twist ending in a carved black marble counter-plinth a fluted column and a gilt bronze base decorated with glides.

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Pair of large Napoleon III bronze