A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS

19TH CENTURY, IN THE REGENCE STYLE

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU CHENETS
19TH CENTURY, IN THE REGENCE STYLE
One depicting Ganymede, the other Aegina, each seated on Jupiter's eagle and an acanthus cast base on scrolled feet cast with grotesque heads, both struck ‘EB / 4954’ and various numbers
16 ¼ in. (41 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 22 April 2004, lot 582.

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Lot Essay

The model for these chenets is dated to circa 1710. See lot 123 in this catalogue for a full discussion of this model. 18th-century examples include a pair in the Swedish royal collection at Drottningholm Palace, Stockholm (H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. 1, p. 71, cat. no. 1.10.8, pl. 1.10.9 as the illustration has been switched and is incorrectly marked); a pair in the Frick Collection (D. Dubon & T. Dell, Furniture in the Frick Collection, New York, 1992, vol. VI, pp. 243-248); and a pair previously in the Rijksmuseum, sold from the Gutmann Collection (lot 123 in this catalogue).

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