A pair of late Louis XV gilt bronze-mounted onyx vases, the handles in the form of lion’s masks

A pair of late Louis XV gilt bronze-mounted onyx vases, the handles in the form of lion’s masks
 circa 1770-1775

 Height: 28 cm. (11 in.)     Width: 15 cm. (6 in.)

A pair of identical onyx vases is in the collections of the Musée Cognacq-Jay, Paris (inv. J 301 and J 302).

A similar pair of Louis XVI alabaster vases with satyr handles from the collections of The Late Mrs. Robert Tritton, Godmersham Park, Canterbury, Kent, was sold on the premises by Christie’s, 6-9 June 1983, lot 61, and then at Christie’s London, 23 May 2018, lot 241.