6332253 A French \'Japonisme\' silvered-bronze aquarium and pedestal, by Ferdinand Barbedienne, design attributed to ?douard Lievre, c.1880 (silvered-bronze) by Barbedienne, Ferdinand (1810-92); height: 143 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The spherical glass bowl within a silvered bronze bamboo frame modelled with miniature turtles and surmounted by a pierced foliate rim supported by three bamboo trellis handles centred by Chinese-character shou roundels, raised on three dragon-headed (bixi) turtles carrying baby turtles on their backs, the pedestal with circular top flanked by two geometric bamboo-form handles and ornamented with four bixi, the columnar central support modelled as rope-tied bamboo flanked by climbing mythical dragons on three bejewelled elephant head feet, signed to the base \'F. BARBEDIENNE\' and stamped \'BB\', the original glass bowl with inclusions in the making, cracks and chips.); Photo by Christie\'s Images.