A pair of parcel gilt and patinated bronze vases in the Neo-Grec taste by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Ferdinand Levillain, circa 1875, of baluster form, the beaded and patterned rims above relief cast figural friezes to the waisted neck, depicting human labour, possibly the Labours of the Months, the bodies each with a maiden in Grecian attire carrying fruit and vegetables and a nude male carrying fishing nets, with cast birds, foliage and Bacchic masks, on a circular base, inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE on the base and F. LEVILLAIN on the body, 48 cm high CATALOGUE NOTES:
A pair of parcel gilt and patinated bronze vases in the Neo-Grec taste by Ferdinand Barbedienne and Ferdinand Levillain, circa 1875, of baluster form, the beaded and patterned rims above relief cast figural friezes to the waisted neck, depicting human labour, possibly the Labours of the Months, the bodies each with a maiden in Grecian attire carrying fruit and vegetables and a nude male carrying fishing nets, with cast birds, foliage and Bacchic masks, on a circular base, inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE on the base and F. LEVILLAIN on the body, 48 cm high CATALOGUE NOTES:
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