Majestic Pair of art nouveau green bronze vases decorated with coulures

The story

He hadn’t once ceased looking at Daisy, and I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes. Sometimes,too, he stared around at his possessions in a dazed way, as though in her actual and astounding presence none of it was any longer real. Fitzgeral, The Great Gatsby. Unlike Gatsby’s imaginary lavish parties that served to hide his imposture, these vases have endured the ages, preserving their beauty regardless of the ghostly presence of a Daisy. –

Stories do not necessarily correspond to reality. They are only given to illustrate a possible context of origin.