A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS, each cast with a snarling wolf, one facing left, the other right, amidst acanthus scrolls, C-scrolls and rockwork, on scrolled supports and cast-iron back-supports

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS, each cast with a snarling wolf, one facing left, the other right, amidst acanthus scrolls, C-scrolls and rockwork, on scrolled supports and cast-iron back-supports
11½in. (29.5cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of chenets of this model was sold Christie's New York, 19 May 1988, lot 52. Another similar pair was sold from the Greta Garbo Collection, Sotheby's New York, 15 November 1990, lot 144.
A similar model in the Collection of Akram Ojjeh was sold Sotheby's Monaco, 25-26 June 1979, lot 139

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