ID 1027813
Lot 443 | A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PEWTER AND BRASS 'BOULLE'-INLAID EBONY AND EBONIZED PEDESTALS
Estimate value
$ 15 000 – 25 000
CIRCA 1860
Inlaid overall in première and contre-partie with a stepped rectangular top, above and egg-and-dart molding with a trailing vine-leaf frieze above a Bacchic mask, each centered by a medallion the first depicting the Emperor Nero and inscribed 'VI / NERO. AVG' the second depicting Vespasian and inscribed 'XI / T. VESP. AVG', the tapering sides headed by satyr masks on a stepped rectangular plinth base
52 ¼ in. (133 cm.) high, 20 ½ in. (52 cm.) wide, 15 ½ in. (39 cm.) deep
Provenance
Baron James de Rothschild (1792-1868), Grand Hall, in the Château de Ferrières, Seine-et-Marne.
By descent to the present owners.
Literature
Les Rothschild en France au XVIIIe siècle, dir. Claude Collard et Melanie Aspey, (cat. exp. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 20 novembre 2012-10 février 2013), Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, p. 131 (ill.)
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XIV |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Historical era: | Period of Louis XIV |
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| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 20 Rockefeller Plaza 10020 New York USA | ||||||||||||||
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