"Pair Of Louis XVI Athenian Vases"
Pair of Athenian covered vases, with ram's heads, Louis XVI style, in peach blossom marble with mounts and rich fittings in chiseled bronzes and gilded with two-tone mercury, mat and gloss burnished with agate. Peach blossom marble vase decorated with rams' heads connected by flower garlands. Tripod frame with clogs resting on a Patricia green marble plinth. Conical shaped cover adorned at the top with large stylized lotus leaves ending in a socket simulating a pine cone. Exceptional quality embossing and gilding. Dimensions of the marble tripod base: 15 cms