Large Vase

Wrought and molded alabaster of baluster form with flared neck decorated with openwork fluting resting on a shoulder carved with stylized gadroons separated by "ajours" trimmed with pearls. The body of the vase is partly plain and trimmed with stretched gadroons. Turned and fluted pedestal supported by a square base.
Renaissance-style work, 19th century.
Height. 56.2 cm / diam. 29 cm / neck diam. 19.7 cm.
(n.b. minor dents / patina and soiling / a small mottled area / brown vein on the pedestal)

Vases have been used for a variety of purposes since ancient times.
They've been given all sorts of shapes and adorned with decorations as diverse as civilizations and peoples have been for centuries.
They have thus become veritable objets d'art, and have taken their place in both architecture and decor, set in niches, on pedestals, sheaths, half-columns... or furniture.
The vase we offer was designed with this in mind.
Classically styled, it will easily find its place in many interiors.