LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE 'MEDICI' CHENETS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each modelled after the Medici lion, with one front paw resting on a sphere, above a shaped rectangular base cast with foliate mouldings and applied with a central plaque depicting draped and winged putti amongst a globe and sundial flanked with lion masks, the sides similarly applied with plaques
15 in. (38 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide

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The original model for this lion, of monumental proportions, was carved by Flaminio Vacca in the 16th Century, as a pendant for the Antique (which is modelled with its proper right paw on the ball), and the pair once stood in the garden of the Villa Medici. They are now on the steps of the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence.

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