An Athenian planter in chased and gilded bronze and painted sheet metal, the neck with a post motif, the uprights surmounted by a female mask, joined by ropes and terminating in claws. Each foot monogrammed "C" on the reverse. Height Height: 88.5 cm - Diameter: 43 cm Louis XVI style, 19th century Height 90 cm - Diam. 42 cm This elegant jardinière perfectly illustrates the exuberance of the decorative arts during the Second Empire. An identical jardinière, signed by Henri Picard, was sold at Christie's New York on 22 October 2010, lot 473 ($56,250). A pair in chased and patinated bronze attributed to Henri Picard, the legs signed 2571R and 2572R on the reverse, was sold at Christie's London, 19 July 2012, lot 303 and more recently, Christie's London, 18 April 2023, lot 10. Another pair, unattributed, from the M&N Uzal collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 28 October 2009, lot 52. A final example, said to be from the Louis XVI period and attributed to Gouthière, was in the former collection of Madame Louis Burat.