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PAIRE DE CANDELABRES LOUIS XVI

Lot 38
30.06.2022 14:00UTC +01:00
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€ 100 800
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 780295
Lot 38 | PAIRE DE CANDELABRES LOUIS XVI
Estimate value
€ 80 000 – 120 000
PAIRE DE CANDELABRES LOUIS XVI

D'APRES UN MODELE D'ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, FIN DU XVIIIE-PREMIERE MOITIE DU XIXE SIECLE

En bronze ciselé et doré et marbre blanc, à trois bras de lumière, à décor de jeunes filles partiellement dénudées soutenant un coupe de fruits d'où émerge un bouquet de roses et de lys, la base de forme ovoïde ceinte de frises de perles, de canaux et de guirlandes de fleurs, reposant sur quatre pieds toupies appliqués de palmettes stylisées ; une bobèche associée

H.: 87 cm. (34 1⁄4 in.) ; L.: 29 cm. (11 1⁄2 in.)





Provenance

Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild, Vienne ;

Baron Alphonse von Rothschild, Vienne ;

Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York ;

J.N. Barney, New York, vente Parke Bernet, 8 mai 1949, lot 96 ;

Alexander & Berendt Ltd; vente Christie's, Londres, 10 juin 1993, lot 50.

Acquis au cours de cette vente.



Literature

Bibliographie comparative :

H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, Munich, 1986 p. 254, fig 4.7.1





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Post lot text

A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED AND WHITE-MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, AFTER A MODEL BY ETIENNE-MAURICE FALCONET, LATE 18TH CENTURY - FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze, Marble, Stone
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Candlesticks and candelabras
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