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PENDULE A CERCLE TOURNANT D`EPOQUE LOUIS XVI

Lot 16
22.11.2022 16:00UTC +01:00
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Starting price
€ 200 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 859313
Lot 16 | PENDULE A CERCLE TOURNANT D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI
Estimate value
€ 200 000 – 400 000
PENDULE A CERCLE TOURNANT D'EPOQUE LOUIS XVI

SIGNATURE DE MASSON, DERNIER QUART DU XVIIIe SIECLE

En porcelaine céladon craquelée de type 'guan', Chine, milieu du XVIIIe siècle et monture de bronze ciselé et doré, de forme ovoïde, le couvercle sommé d'un globe céleste et ceint d'une moulure à motif crénelé et d'une frise d'entrelacs, la panse décorée de cercles entrelacés présentant deux ouvertures laissant apparaitre le cercle sur lequel sont inscrites les heures en chiffres romains, les anses figurant des têtes de coq réunies par une guirlande de fleurs, sur un piédouche à motif de godrons et feuilles d'acanthe ceint d'un tore de laurier reposant sur une base carrée à motif de grecques, le mouvement signé Masson AParis ; le vase et le couvercle restaurés, un élément à refixer

H.: 61 cm. (24 in.) ; L.: 43 cm. (17 in.)

Probablement Charles Masson, reçu maître en 1717





Provenance

Par réputation ancienne collection Sophia Charlotte, Baroness Howe (1762-1835), qui épousa en 1787 the Hon. Penn Assheton Curzon, puis en 1812 Sir Jonathan Wathen Waller, mort en 1853.

Vente Sotheby's, New York, 21 mai 1992, lot 50.

Collection Karl Lagerfeld ; sa vente, Christie's Monaco, 28 avril 2000, lot 125.



Literature

Bibliographie comparative:

E. Niehüser, Die französische Bronzeuhr, Eine Typologie der figürlichen Darstellungen, Munich, 1997, p.260, fig.1263.

J-D. Augarde, Les ouvriers du Temps, La pendule à Paris de Louis XIV à Napoléon Ier, Genève, 1996, p.213, fig. 171.



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Post lot text

A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED CHINESE CELADON PORCELAIN PENDULE A CERCLE TOURNANT SIGNED BY MASSON, LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Applied technique:Metalwork, Pottery
Medium:Bronze, Ceramic, Porcelain
Historical era:Period of Louis XVI
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Clocks - Furnishings
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