SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF RESTAURATION ORMOLU CHENETS
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each in the form of two hunting dogs flanking a tree, on rockwork, on rectangular base, one with a ribbon-tied stag head the other with a boar head, flanked by oak leaves and acorns, on foliate bun feet, with exhibition label
22 in. (56 cm.) high; 17 1/4 in, (44 cm.) wide; 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Alberto Bruni Tedeschi Collection; Sotheby's, London, 21 March 2007, lot 153.

Exhibited

Sotheby's/Galerie Charpentier, Paris, Trésors des Collections privées, 7-15 March 1998, unnumbered.

Special notice

Following the auction, this lot will be stored at Crozier Park Royal and will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day after the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 I Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

The dynamic bounding hounds depicted in this impressive pair of chenets relate to a design for a mantel clock representing La Repos de Diane aprés la Chasse by Jean-Desmosthé Dugourc (collection of the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris). Three recorded examples of this magnificent clock are known, all of which have Royal French provenance. One example with inventory marks from Château de Saint-Cloud, later in the Bergsten collection was sold Christie’s, New York, 2 November 2000, lot 228 ($160,000 including premium). Frustratingly whilst the clockmaker Robert Robin was recorded in 1785, the name of the bronzier was not. Both Quentin-Claude Pitoin (1770-1806) and Jean-Jacques Caffieri (1725-1792) also produced related models with hounds.

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