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拍品专文
This 'antique' centerpiece, in the form of three classical maidens holding aloft a 'Roman' tazza on a stepped base adorned with Apollo masks and supported on winged paw feet, exemplifies the European taste for Classical imagery in decorative arts during the early part of the 19th century. A related centerpiece with similar attributes, dated 1810, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, p. 385, fig. 5.16.7. Ciseleur-doreur Pierre Philippe Thomire fabricant de bronzes Pierre-François Feuchere frequently used this composition, with variations, in their work (ibid, pp. 382 - 387, figs. 5.16.4 - 5.16.3).
The use of richly figured malachite is characteristic of objects of Russian manufacture in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Due to the wonderful decorative quality of malachite and its complimentary features to ormolu, this combination gained favor in France and throughout Europe during the course of the 19th Century.
The use of richly figured malachite is characteristic of objects of Russian manufacture in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Due to the wonderful decorative quality of malachite and its complimentary features to ormolu, this combination gained favor in France and throughout Europe during the course of the 19th Century.