ID 1345064
Lot 13 | A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
ATTRIBUTED TO JACQUES CAFFIERI, CIRCA 1740
In the form of a male and female triton each astride a seahorse atop richly modeled shells and rockwork, on scrolling and gadrooned bases, each stamped several times with a spurious 'C Couronné Poinçon'
20 in. (51 cm.) high, the female example
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Monaco, 15 December 1996, lot 80.
Acquired from Kraemer, Paris.
Literature
L'Art Belge, July 1936, p. 93.
Exhibited
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Six mois d'art au Rijksmuseum, 1936.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Rococo |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Gold |
| Art style: | Rococo |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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