A pair of French Neoclassic style ormolu and porcelain-mounted mahogany and marquetry jardinieres-on-stands
A pair of French Neoclassic style ormolu and porcelain-mounted mahogany and marquetry jardinieres-on-stands

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

细节
A pair of French Neoclassic style ormolu and porcelain-mounted mahogany and marquetry jardinieres-on-stands
Early 20th Century
Each removeable circular top with galleried rim and palmette-inlaid band, centred by a plaque depicting Lachesis, lifting to reveal a tin lining, the frieze with portrait roundels, on tapering quiver-form supports joined by a stretcher
33 in. (84 cm.) high; 21¾ in. (55.5 cm.) diameter (2)

拍品专文

Pictured on these porcelain plaques is Lachesis, one of the Three Fates, who spins the thread of human life.