ID 1225515
Lot 20 | A LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU PENDULE A CERCLES TOURNANTS
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
BY JEAN-ANDRÉ LEPAUTE, CIRCA 1770-75
The case in the form of a garlanded urn, surmounted by a pinecone finial, wrapped with a snake between Greek key handles with lion masks, above a fluted column hung with ribbon-tied berried-laurel swags, on a square base, signed 'LEPAUTE', with Arabic minute ring and Roman hour ring, the single barrel movement within the plinth
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 6 ½ cm. (16.5 cm.) square
| Artist: | Jean André Lepaute (1720 - 1789) |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Artist: | Jean André Lepaute (1720 - 1789) |
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| Historical era: | Period of Louis XVI |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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