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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, GREEN PORPHYRY, ‘VOSGES’ SERPENTINE AND BROCATELLE MARBLE TAZZE

Lot 38
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 200 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 38 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, GREEN PORPHYRY, ‘VOSGES’ SERPENTINE AND BROCATELLE MARBLE TAZZE
Estimate value
£ 200 000 – 300 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU, GREEN PORPHYRY, ‘VOSGES’ SERPENTINE AND BROCATELLE MARBLE TAZZE
CIRCA 1785
Each with circular cup with everted rim with pearled band, flanked by ram’s masks issuing chains, on a spiral-twisted support and waisted legs terminating in hoof feet and joined by a ring, the circular base hung with beaded chains above a stiff-leaf base mount, on a square plinth
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) diameter




Provenance

Collection of Jean-Nicolas de Boullongne (1726-1787); his sale, Paris, 19- 24 November 1787, lot 231,
acquired by Philippe-François Julliot (1755-1836) for 460 livres.
Probably the collection of Jean-Baptiste-Charrançois de Clermont d’Amboise (1728-1792), in his hôtel, rue de Montholon in Paris;
Where seized by the revolutionary authorities on 6-7 and 10 June 1793 and recorded in the inventory at the Nesle depot in 1794, subsequently sent to the Museum central des Arts, (now the Louvre), on 4th Fructidor of the year II (21st August 1794);
Collection of Guillaume Sabatier (1730-1808) in his hôtel de Durfort, 5 Place Vendôme, Paris; his sale 20-21 March 1809, lot 86.
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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