ID 819981
Lot 359 | A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND LACQUERED-BRONZE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
Estimate value
$ 8 000 – 12 000
19TH CENTURY
Each with a seated lacquered-bronze figure of a Chinese male and female figure respectively, their robes decorated in gilt and red on a black ground, with naturalistic scrolling arms on rockwork base, with printed and inscribed Ann and Gordon Getty Collection inventory label
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) high
Provenance
The Lafarge Collection, sold in Lyon, France, 16 December 1868, lot 534, by repute.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 13-15 October 1983, lot 308.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Lacquered wood, Gold |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu |
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| Medium: | Lacquered wood, Gold |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Address of auction |
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