Elaborate Chiseled Bronze Cup With Two Patinas, On A Cossus-style Olivine Base Adorned With Stars, 19th Century

A rare piece, this centerpiece consists of a bulbous pedestal mounted on a bronze base and adorned with five-pointed gilded stars, featuring a masterful bowl of exceptional quality with two patinas—bright gold and black—on a chiseled bronze, as was so skillfully done during the reign of Charles X (1820). The piece’s ornamental “antique” character is undeniable, and the chisel work is perfect, with its graphic palmette-style handles and intricately crafted mascaron heads; both the body of the bowl and the pedestal bear this out, not to mention the gilded, chiseled bosses on the base’s collar; the bright gold fillets highlight the beauty of this one-of-a-kind piece, and the almond-green serpentine (semi-precious stone) base adds to its charm—I won’t even mention its opulent shape... A curiosity piece created in the early 19th century in a Parisian workshop that supplied the King....