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CIRCA 1730
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A PAIR OF EARLY LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Circa 1730
Each with asymmetrically-cast foliate backplate centered by a laurel-wrapped lyre and surmounted by an eagle and a ho-ho bird, issuing asymmetrically-cast arms with bulrushes and C-scrolls and terminating in foliate rocaille drip-pans with pierced bulbous bobches, repairs to legs of eagles
18in. (46cm.) high, 12in. (32cm.) wide (2)
Circa 1730
Each with asymmetrically-cast foliate backplate centered by a laurel-wrapped lyre and surmounted by an eagle and a ho-ho bird, issuing asymmetrically-cast arms with bulrushes and C-scrolls and terminating in foliate rocaille drip-pans with pierced bulbous bobches, repairs to legs of eagles
18in. (46cm.) high, 12in. (32cm.) wide (2)
Provenance
The Young Estate, sold Sotheby's New York, 10-12 October 1985, lot 643.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 17 December, 1986, lot 17.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 17 December, 1986, lot 17.