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AIGUIÈRE SYMBOLISANT LE VIN D`ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI

Lot 10
18.11.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1507789
Lot 10 | AIGUIÈRE SYMBOLISANT LE VIN D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI
Estimate value
€ 60 000 – 100 000
AIGUIÈRE SYMBOLISANT LE VIN D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVI
PAR PIERRE GOUTHIERE, VERS 1770
En porphyre d'Egypte et monture de bronze ciselé et doré, la anse représentant un satyre penché et reposant sur une tête de bélier retenant des guirlandes de pampres de vigne nouées par un ruban, la partie basse en godrons, le piédouche ceint d'une frise d'entrelacs et d'une couronne de laurier, sur une base carrée
H. 26 cm. (10 ¼ in.) ; L. 14 cm. (5 ½ in.)




Literature

Bibliographie comparative :
H. Ottomeyer et P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. II, Munich, 1986, p. 565, figs 3-4.
P. Verlet, Les bronzes dorés français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 235, n. 205.
M.L. Myers, French Architectural and Ornament Drawing of the 18th Century, 1992, p. 57.
P. Hugues, The Wallace Collection. Catalogue of Furniture, Londres, 1996, vol. III, p. 1393.
H.J. McCormick et al., Vasemania, Neoclassical form and ornament in Europe, selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2004, p. 93, n. 39.
P. Kjellberg, Objets montés du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Paris, 2000, p. 149.
C. Vignon et C. Baulez, Pierre Gouthière : Ciseleur-doreur du roi, New York, 2016, pp. 164-169, n. 4, n.5, figs. 94-95.



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A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY EWER BY PIERRE GOUTHIERE, CIRCA 1770
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps
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