Lot 52
52
A PAIR OF BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE CHENETS, each surmounted by a recumbent lion, the dished panelled base applied with a ribbon-tied trophy of garlanded flowers, Hercules's club and Mercury's caduceus entwined by a snake, the bowed ends applied with foliate arabesques, on gadrooned and stiff-leaf cast turned tapering feet

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A PAIR OF BRONZE AND GILT-BRONZE CHENETS, each surmounted by a recumbent lion, the dished panelled base applied with a ribbon-tied trophy of garlanded flowers, Hercules's club and Mercury's caduceus entwined by a snake, the bowed ends applied with foliate arabesques, on gadrooned and stiff-leaf cast turned tapering feet
16in. (40.5cm) wide; 15½in. (39.5cm) high; 7in. (18cm) deep (2)
Provenance
Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt., 25 Park Lane, W.1., recorded in the Hall in the pre-1927 inventory and in 1939

Lot Essay

These chenets are of the same model as those in the salon
d' Hercule at the Château de Versailles, illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Français du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1987,
p. 56, fig. 48

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