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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CHENETS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
After a model by Caffieri, each cast with a figure of a cat teasing a poodle respectively and seated on a tasseled cushion, on a rectangular eared plinth cast with Vitruvian scrolls on a square fluted tapering legs headed by paterae-14in. (36cm.) high, 12in. (30cm.) wide (2)
LATE 18TH CENTURY
After a model by Caffieri, each cast with a figure of a cat teasing a poodle respectively and seated on a tasseled cushion, on a rectangular eared plinth cast with Vitruvian scrolls on a square fluted tapering legs headed by paterae-14in. (36cm.) high, 12in. (30cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's Monaco, 23-24 June 1976, lot 146
Literature
H. Ottomayer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, vol. I, 1986, pp. 200-201, fig. 3.14.11.
Other examples of this popular model with the 'gout grec' base were in the collection of Thelma Chrysler Foy, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 13-16 May 1969, lot 293; sold Christie's London, 1 July 1966, lot 1; sold Sotheby's Monaco, 21 May 1978, lot 76; and another pair sold Sotheby's Monaco, 11 February 1978, lot 234.
Other examples of this popular model with the 'gout grec' base were in the collection of Thelma Chrysler Foy, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 13-16 May 1969, lot 293; sold Christie's London, 1 July 1966, lot 1; sold Sotheby's Monaco, 21 May 1978, lot 76; and another pair sold Sotheby's Monaco, 11 February 1978, lot 234.