A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED DUC DE VILLEROY PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA - photo 1
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED DUC DE VILLEROY PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA - photo 2
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED DUC DE VILLEROY PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA - photo 3
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED DUC DE VILLEROY PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA - photo 4
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED DUC DE VILLEROY PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

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£ 75 600
Auction dateClassic
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Event location
United Kingdom, London
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ID 791828
Lot 7 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED DUC DE VILLEROY PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED DUC DE VILLEROY PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA

THE FIGURES CIRCA 1740, ONE WITH PAINTED BROWN .D.V. MARK, THE FRENCH FLOWERS 18TH CENTURY, THE ORMOLU CIRCA 1745-49

Each modelled as a chinoiserie figure slightly kneeling with open arms, holding a small baton and wearing a fantastical rocaille ormolu hat, their long robes painted in the Kakiemon palette with flowering branches and with brightly-striped low rolled collars, each base cast with rocaille acanthus leaves and c-scrolls issuing an oak-branch enriched with polychrome flowers including roses, carnations and peonies, each branch supporting two oak-leaf cast drip-pans with nozzles modelled as acorn husks, the bases, hats, drip-pans and three nozzles stamped with the 'C' couronné poincon

10 in. (26 cm.) high; 11 in (28 cm.) wide overall





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Applied technique:Ormolu, Pottery
Medium:Ceramics, Gold, Porcelain
Historical era:Period of Louis XV
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras
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07.07.2022 – 07.07.2022
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