细节 A PAIR OF COVERED VASESFRENCH OR ITALIAN, LATE 18TH CENTURYmarble, the covers surmounted by flowering and fruiting finials, each of ovoid form and on a circular socle 35 in. (89 cm.) high overall, 15 in. (38 cm.) diameter 来源 Collection of Commandant Paul-Louis Weiller (1893-1993); Hôtel Drouot, Mes Gros and Delettrez, Paris, 5 April 2011, lot 106. 注意事项 This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’swill inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storageare set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm.Lots are not available for collection at weekends. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.This pair of covered vases recalls the creative flair of the Sèvres manufactory, in particular the ‘à chaîne’ or ‘à côte de melon’ design. They formed part of the collection of Commandant Paul-Louis Weiller (1893-1993). Born in 1893 to an important family of industrialists and financiers from Alsace, Weiller lived for 100 years. He was a photographic reconnaissance pilot in the First World War (when he was shot down five times) and an officer of the Legion of Honour by the age of 25. During the Second World War, he escaped to Canada, worked for Free France and was awarded a Resistance Medal by Charles de Gaulle.Between the wars, Weiller helped to found Air France and became a giant of industry and finance. But he was also a committed philanthropist and a passionate supporter of the arts, contributing among other things to the refurbishment of the Palace of Versailles. In 1965, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts and in 1989 he was awarded the highest distinction of the Legion of Honour, the Grand Cross.In the early 1950s, he acquired the Hôtel Amelot de Bisseuil, known as the Hôtel des Ambassadeurs de Hollande, in Paris, an architectural masterpiece of the 17th century, and undertook a major restoration campaign to furnish it luxuriously. There, as well as in his secondary residences in Versailles and the south of France, he received important personalities such as Aristotle Onassis, Jean Paul Getty, Charlie Chaplin, Elizabeth Taylor, and Presidents Richard Nixon and Georges Pompidou.