A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS

Lot 49
11.10.2023 18:00UTC -05:00
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Starting price
$ 60 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUSA, New York
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ID 1027463
Lot 49 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS
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$ 60 000 – 100 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS

POSSIBLY BY JACQUES CAFFIERI, MID-18TH CENTURY

Each modeled as a server in European and Oriental dress carrying a tray of drinks, ascending or descending a staircase guarded by a sphinx, each element stamped with C couronné poinçon

15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high, 19 ¾ in. (50 cm.) wide





Provenance

The Collection of the Rothschild family.

By descent to the present owners.



Literature

C. Frégnac and J. Wilhelm, Belles Demeures de Paris, 16e - 19e siècle, 1997, p. 78.
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