A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN MARBLE URN

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN MARBLE URN

ATTRIBUTED TO EMMANUEL-ALFRED (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1880-90

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A FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED GREEN MARBLE URN
ATTRIBUTED TO EMMANUEL-ALFRED (DIT ALFRED II) BEURDELEY, PARIS, CIRCA 1880-90
The oviform cipollino verde marble urn with pierced rim beneath a dome cover surmounted with pinecone finial and flanked by winged dragon handles with figural male heads, raised on four lion-paw feet above a concave-sided base
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 19 in. (48 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

This model of vase is recorded by Beurdeley as exhibited on their stand at the Paris 1889 Exposition universelle. Compare a vase of identical form with a body of 'albatre oriental' sold Collections Beurdeley; Palais d’Orsay, Paris, 16 May 1979, lot 48.

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