Pair of Renaissance Revival Bronze Urns After Auguste-Émile Levillain (French, 1822–1905)
each urn cast in high relief with a central frieze of a boar hunt within floral and fruiting garlands, the scene signed A. Levillain, the ovoid bodies with scrolling handles, grotesque masks, classical female figures, and dense Renaissance Revival ornament, supported on three hoofed feet issuing from expressive masks, raised on stepped gilt-bronze oval bases, finely modeled throughout with strong detail and patination.
Height 17 1/2 inches
Estimate: $1000 - $2000