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Lot 4 | Vienna | Pair of magnificent ornamental vases with fine enamel décor
Estimate
35.000
- 40.000
€
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PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT ORNAMENTAL VASES WITH FINE ENAMEL DÉCOR.
Vienna.
Date: Around 1890.
Maker/Designer: In the manner of Karl Rössler.
Technique: Ivory with wooden corpus, silver with coloured enamel décor, different gem stones.
Description: Each slender shaped vase on a square shaped plinth with a straight, conically expanding
body. The neck is designed correspondingly and is topped by a tapered lid. All sides
decorated with Renaissance-style à jour silver inlays. The central fields of the large
high-oval ornaments with cheerful bacchantes. On the corners of the vase shoulder four
fully sculpted female figurines sitting with flower festoons in their hands. The lid
crowned by a female figurine in antique garments and a torch in her right hand.
Measurement: Height each 66cm.
Mark: Once marked with french "Cygne" (Tardy p.208).
Cites on hand.
Karl Rössler, who was born in 1854 and later registered as a jeweller and goldsmith,
belonged to a small group of craftsmen who specialised in finely painted enamelled and
hardstone-set showpieces in the Mannerist and Renaissance style. Together with Hermann
Ratzersdorfer and Hermann Böhm, Rössler became one of the leading representatives of the
goldsmith's art in late 19th century Vienna.
Vienna.
Date: Around 1890.
Maker/Designer: In the manner of Karl Rössler.
Technique: Ivory with wooden corpus, silver with coloured enamel décor, different gem stones.
Description: Each slender shaped vase on a square shaped plinth with a straight, conically expanding
body. The neck is designed correspondingly and is topped by a tapered lid. All sides
decorated with Renaissance-style à jour silver inlays. The central fields of the large
high-oval ornaments with cheerful bacchantes. On the corners of the vase shoulder four
fully sculpted female figurines sitting with flower festoons in their hands. The lid
crowned by a female figurine in antique garments and a torch in her right hand.
Measurement: Height each 66cm.
Mark: Once marked with french "Cygne" (Tardy p.208).
Cites on hand.
Karl Rössler, who was born in 1854 and later registered as a jeweller and goldsmith,
belonged to a small group of craftsmen who specialised in finely painted enamelled and
hardstone-set showpieces in the Mannerist and Renaissance style. Together with Hermann
Ratzersdorfer and Hermann Böhm, Rössler became one of the leading representatives of the
goldsmith's art in late 19th century Vienna.
Please note that this object was manufactured using materials for which a CITES permit is required when exporting to countries outside the EU treaty area and marketing within the EU. We draw attention to the fact that an export permit will not be issued.
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VAT margin scheme, VAT included, but must not be indicated, not refundable
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price
CITES
Please note that this object is made of materials, for whose export into countries outside the EU contract area a permission due to CITES regulations is necessary. We point out that such a permission is usually not given.
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Stock Id: 73583-15
