Aquarium in the japanese style designed by Édouard Lièvre (1828-1886)

executed by Ferdinand Barbedienne (1810-1892), and coming from the collection of Alice Tahl (Baltimore, 1851- Biarritz, 1913), known as ‘Madame de Lancey’, mistress of the banker Nissim de Camondo

Paris, circa 1880.

Chiseled, patinated and ‘vieux ton or’ gilded bronze ; glass.

H. 157 cm. (62 in.) ; L. 76 cm. (30 in.) ; D. 60 cm. (23  in.).

Mark : F. BARBEDIENNE, incised on the edge of the top of the base.

Provenance : collection of Alice Tahl (Baltimore, 1851- Biarritz, 1913), known as

‘Madame de Lancey’, mistress of the banker Nissim de Camondo, in her hôtel particulier located 23 rue Vernet, in the 8th arrondissement à Paris ; her auction in Paris, « Catalogue des objets d’art et de riche ameublement […] le tout appartenant à Madame de Lancey, Garnissant son Hôtel à Paris, et le Pavillon de La Du Barry, à Louveciennes», galerie Sedelmeyer,4 rue de La Rochefoucauld, in the 9th arrondissement, Mes Jules Plaçais and Georges Duchesne, December 10, 11, 12 and 13, 1890, lot n° 157.

Comparative Literature : « Edouard Lièvre », Hors-Série de Connaissance des Arts,

Paris, 2004, pp. 30-31, repr.; Roberto Polo, Roberto Polo, The Eye, A selection of masterpieces from the collections which he has formed, London, 2011, pp. 192-193



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