A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE PORTICO CLOCK

Lot 242
22.10.2020 10:00UTC -05:00
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$ 125 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 380151
Lot 242 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE PORTICO CLOCK
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$ 100 000 – 200 000
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE PORTICO CLOCK

CIRCA 1785, THE ENAMEL DIAL SIGNED COTEAU

With Henri IV accepting the French crown above a portico with classical figures flanking a circular clock case surrounded by rosettes and foliate sprays, the enamel dial with Roman numerals, Arabic seconds and calendar rings for months and days below polychrome roundels of the signs of the Zodiac within floral sprays and ribbons, the case with a floral swag and supported on fluted columns, the plinth with a central panel of putti flanked by recessed Classical figures and inscribed with a quote from Voltaire INTREPIDE SOLDAT VRAI CHEVALIER/ GRAND HOMME/ FIDEL AMI TENDRE ET LOYAL AMANT

43 in. (109 cm.) high, 28 ½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide, 5 ½ in. (12.5 cm.) deep

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