A pair of Néo-Grec Parcel gilt patinated bronze vases mounted as lamps, cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, from the model by Henry Cahieux.
Each vase is finely cast with herm-headed handles flanking a slender elongated neck above a tapering body relief-cast with classical figures and anthemion, raised on a square belgian black marble base with 4 claw feet. 
Cast Signatures F. Barbedienne Fondeur and Henry Cahieux.
 
The tall slender shape of the vases with their elongated necks, in the form of anamphora with two handles, is derived from the ancient Greek Loutrophoroi, which were ceremonial vases used to hold water during marriage rituals.
 
The parisian sculptor Henry Cahieux (1825-1854) is recorded as having supplied the celebrated Barbedienne foundry with exclusive master models for casting in bronze including, bas-releifs in the néo-grec, Egyptian and Japanese styles. He exhibited at the salon between 1850 and 1853, his work always cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne.
 
France C.1870
 
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