Ferdinand Barbedienne - Pair Gilt Bronze Urns

$6485 AUD

Item 3155

A rare & exquisite pair of gilt bronze urns finely cast with trailing vines, flowers & dragonflies. Resting of four lion's paw feet and conforming rouge marble base. Original gilding. Signed 'F.Barbedienne' in the bronze.

French, Circa 1890.

Ferdinand Barbedienne, (1810-92) operated an important bronze foundry, active in Paris from 1839 until the foundry’s closure in 1954.
Barbedienne collaborated with Achille Collas, who had invented a method for the mechanical size reduction of larger sculptures. This method allowed for the reproduction of reduced versions of famous Classical and contemporary sculptures by noted French sculptors, including August Rodin.

CONDITION: Excellent

DIMENSIONS: 26.5cm High

AVAILABILITY: In stock

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