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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI PATINATED-BRONZE AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE JARDINIERES

Lot 56
06.07.2023 12:00UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 70 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 992758
Lot 56 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI PATINATED-BRONZE AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE JARDINIERES
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 80 000
A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI PATINATED-BRONZE AND BLEU TURQUIN MARBLE JARDINIERES

AFTER THE MODEL BY CLAUDE MICHEL, DIT CLODION, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Each of semi-elliptical demi-lune form, inset with a bronze relief, the larger depicting the partially draped figure of Galatea reclining on cushioins in a a shell chariot surrounded by nereids and tritons, the smaller depicting a nereid riding a dolphin surrounded by nereids and tritons in the waves, the bronze panel flanked by fluted pilasters

One: 15 in. (38 cm.) high; 27 1/2 in. (70 cm.) wide; 13 1/2 in (34 cm.)

The other: 15 in. (38 cm.) high ; 21 in. (53,5 cm.) wide ; 11 1/2 in. (29,5 cm.)





Provenance

Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay (1831-1913).

Julian Broome Livingston Allen, Bolton Priory, Pelham Manor, New York (1900-1967).

With Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York, 1975.



Literature

H. Thirion, Les Adam et Clodion, Paris, 1895, illustrated p.327 & 342.

Clodion, Exhibition Musée du Louvre, Paris, 17th March - 29th June 1992.



Exhibited

Detroit Institute of Arts, 1979-1995.



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Artist:Claude Michel (Clodion, 1738 - 1814)
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Category:Jardiniere
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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