Description:

A BELLE ÉPOQUE "FROLICKING PUTTI" PATINATED METAL LIDDED URN, FRENCH, LATE 19TH CENTURY, nicely cast throughout and with a domed lid modeled as a sparsely robed and inebriated putto clutching his cup as he collapses on a wine-filled bladder, over a cavetto border of undulating grape leaf and cluster entwined with blossoming vines, fitting on a leaf tip-and-berry rim above a cylindrical neck centering a frieze of mischievous putti amusing themselves with floral garlands and grape clusters in relief, over a tapering lobed body flanked by twisted gnarly vine handles alternating Bacchanalian bearded satyr masks, wearing fruiting diadems above wicked expressions and suspending flowering festoons, ending before a bloom and foliage detailed ring knob and raised on a vasiform stem, encircled by plump putti figures of a boy and girl playing hide-and-seek above a central harvested grapes filled basket, reversing to a classical musical trophy of cymbals, bagpipes, a five cane pipe instrument, and a thyrsus staff, within an acanthus leaf tip detailed border. Height: 19 3/4" Width: 10 1/2" Depth: 9 1/4"

  • Condition: Expected light surface wear with rubbed patination on some edges, minor scratches, and buildup in crevices throughout, two broken/missing sections of vine garland, one of the two missing sections of vine garland is present for repair. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS."

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