拍品 109
109
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK

细节
AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK
CIRCA 1810

With circular enamel dial with roman numerals surmounted by a reclining Egyptian figure, the sides with similar kneeling figures below baskets of flowers, the base cast with chevrons and stylized foliage on scroll feet
18in. (46cm.) high, 15½ (39cm.) wide, 5½in. (14cm.) deep

拍品专文

A closely related clock in the Egyptian taste, executed 'pour le C.G. en Espagne', is illustrated in C. Percier and P.F.L. Fontaine, Réceuil de Décoration Intérieurs, 1812, fig. 8. The stylized falcons above the dial, representing the falcon-god Horus and possibly inspired by the reliefs at Denderah as published in 1802 by Baron Vivant Denon in his Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Egypte, appear on a clock by Benjamin Vulliamy illustrated in J.M. Humbert, et. al., Egyptomanie, 1994, pp. 246-247.