ID 1345076
Lot 71 | A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN PENDULE A CERCLE TOURNANT
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
THE ORMOLU CIRCA 1775, THE PORCELAIN MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The oviform body and cover impressed with stylized clouds and leaves between foliate bands, the cover with a gadrooned ormolu mount, flanked by cockerel-form handles joined by floral festoons, the revolving dial with fleurs-de-lys, Roman and Arabic chapters, minute and hour intervals, on a foliate socle and square base, originally with additional cover, the associated 18th-century movement signed by Gille l'Ainé
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high, 15 in. (38.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Acquired from Kraemer, Paris.
Literature
J.D. Augarde, Les Ouvriers du Temps, Geneva, 1996, p. 212, fig. 171.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Clocks - Furnishings |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Clocks - Furnishings |
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