A PAIR OF LOUIS XV-STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS

Lot 121
26.01.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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£ 3 750
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ID 696826
Lot 121 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XV-STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS
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£ 1 500 – 2 500
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV-STYLE ORMOLU CHENETS

PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY

Each modelled as a boy dressed in Ottoman robes and a turban, one smoking a pipe, the other holding a bowl, on a scrolled rocaille base, re-gilt

10 in. (26 cm.) high; 12 1⁄2 in. (32 cm.) wide







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