Summers Place Auctions Ltd: Garden Statuary Sealed Bid Auction: Lot 387
A pair of terracotta urns early 20th century
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A pair of terracotta urns early 20th century 92cm.; 36ins high Originally modelled in bronze by Francois Girardon (1628-1715) they were exhibited at the salons of 1699 and 1704. A similar bronze pair are in the Wallace collection, London. A marble pair, originally intended for the Parterre Nord at Versailles stood from 1706-76 at the Trianon Gardens, Paris. Literature: C. Souchal, French Sculptors of the 17th and 18th Centuries, The Reign of Louis XIV, Vol. II. Page 51-2
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