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THE CHENETS SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY AND ADAPTED ON MODERN BASES
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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND CHENETS MOUNTED ON WHITE MARBLE BASES
THE CHENETS SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY AND ADAPTED ON MODERN BASES
Each in the form of a seated dog resting upon a draped and shaped oblong plinth mounted with foliate arabesques and centering a mask,on a further conforming white marble base, resting on toupie feet, chenets regilt
15 in. (38 cm.) high, 16 in.(40.5 cm.) wide, 7 in.(18 cm.) deep (2)
THE CHENETS SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY AND ADAPTED ON MODERN BASES
Each in the form of a seated dog resting upon a draped and shaped oblong plinth mounted with foliate arabesques and centering a mask,on a further conforming white marble base, resting on toupie feet, chenets regilt
15 in. (38 cm.) high, 16 in.(40.5 cm.) wide, 7 in.(18 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
These chenets wtih charming figures of dogs are based on a model from circa 1765-70 at Pavlovsk Palace, St. Petersburg, illustrated in E. Ducamp ed., Pavlovsk: the Collections, Paris, 1993, p. 193, pl.45.