A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS

Lot 13
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Lot 13 | A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS
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$ 150 000 – 250 000
A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS
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.
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