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A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER BOMBE COMMODE

Lot 87
09.02.2023 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 75 600
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 87 | A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER BOMBE COMMODE
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
A LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED JAPANESE LACQUER BOMBE COMMODE

ATTRIBUTED TO JACQUES DUBOIS, MID-18TH CENTURY

The serpentine-fronted and moulded brèche d'Alep marble top above two bombé shaped drawers edged in kingwood, decorated sans traverse with an exotic seascape framed with entwined foliage centred by a rockwork cartouche, the angles with rockwork and foliate scrolls, the shaped sides with mountainous landscapes within conforming frames, the angles with rockwork and foliate clasps terminating in splayed feet with similarly cast sabots, stamped twice 'I.DUBOIS' and 'JME', stamp probably original, numbered in blue chalk '239', the top with sections of veneer added at some time to level the surface beneath the marble but leaving the stamp exposed, marble replaced, the right handle and central mount to the upper drawer replaced, as well as the upper section of the apron mount

34 in. (86.5 cm.) high; 53 1/2 in. (136 cm.) wide; 25 3/4 in. (65.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Mrs. Catalina von Pannwitz, Castle Hartekamp, The Netherlands.

With Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, 1979.

Property of Mrs. Barbara Piasecka Johnson; sold Christie's, New York, 20 October 2006, lot 800.



Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rikjsmuseum, Verzameling von Pannwitz in het Rijksmuseum, February 1947.



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Artist:Jacques Dubois (1694 - 1763)
Applied technique:Ormolu
Medium:Lacquered wood, Gold
Historical era:Period of Louis XV
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Dressers
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