Lot Essay
A closely related pair of chenets, previously in the Meyer Sassoon Collection, were sold from the Akram Ojjeh Collection, Sotheby's Monaco, 26 June 1979, lot 165
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CHENETS, each surmounted by a seated putto, the gadrooned domed base applied with foliate-scrolls, above an entrelac frieze centred by a Bacchic-mask, the sides with further vines on foliate-trailed legs cast with up-springing acanthus and pieds-de-bîche, the putto possibly mid-18th Century
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A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CHENETS, each surmounted by a seated putto, the gadrooned domed base applied with foliate-scrolls, above an entrelac frieze centred by a Bacchic-mask, the sides with further vines on foliate-trailed legs cast with up-springing acanthus and pieds-de-bîche, the putto possibly mid-18th Century
7in. (17.5cm.) wide; 11¾in. (29.5cm.) high (2)
7in. (17.5cm.) wide; 11¾in. (29.5cm.) high (2)