G. Viot Et Cie. Centerpiece

A French 'Japonisme' gilt and silvered bronze and cloisenne centerpiece

  Attributed to G. Viot et Cie. the design attributed to Eugène Cornu,

Paris, circa 1870

the Cloissene bowl  raised on three polychrome-Gilt  bronze peacocks encircling a central  disk, the peacocks on a tripartite base and cloud-form feetThe sculptor and bronzier Eugène Cornu (d. 1875) was a prominent Parisian artist who enjoyed new mediums and had a particular interest in Algerian marble and onyx mines. Working closely with G. Viot, he exhibited extensively at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1867. He also exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1874 and was a director of a bronze foundry as well as several other establishments in Paris. Amongst his numerous entreprises and partnerships, the one with G. Viot et Cie was the most successful and both were recorded at the premises of G. Viot & Cie.   consequently winning the médaille d'or in 1867.