En marbre vert, monture de bronze ciselé et doré de style Louis XV, le couvercle amovible surmonté d'une prise feuillagée, le corps de forme balustre flanqué d'anses en enroulement, la base gravée "F. Rambaud fc" et "Susse F.res Ed.t" ; restaurations
H. : 55 cm (21 ½ in.)
l. : 25 cm (9 ¾ in)

A pair of Louis XV style gilt-bronze mounted and marble covered vases, late 19th century, by Susse Freres, after a drawing by F. Rambaud

Une paire de vases du même modèle, le corps en marbre rose, s'est vendue chez Christie's New York, le 24 octobre 2006, lot 480.

CONDITION REPORT :
- The catalogue illustration is accurate.
- Gilt-bronze mounts are slightly worn and tarnished in exposed areas, as expected, in accordance with age and use.
- Traces of accidents and previous restoration on the removable cover of one of the two vases.
- Traces of previous accidents to the marble on the body of both vases (to the neck across the whole circumeference of the vase for one, to the lower part of the body above the piedouche for the other vase).