A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU-MOUNTED DUC DE VILLEROY PORCELAIN AND TOLE PEINTE TWO-LIGHT CANDELABRA
07.07.2022 17:00UTC +00:00
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75600GBP £ 75 600
| Auctioneer | CHRISTIE'S |
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| 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
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 100 000
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 |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Applied technique: | Ormolu, Pottery |
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| Medium: | Ceramic, Gold, Porcelain |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XV |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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