AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK

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细节

AN EMPIRE ORMOLU AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK
Modelled as a winged putto standing in a chariot drawn by two horses, on a rectangular plinth mounted with ribbon-tied bow and arrows and flaming torches, on paw feet
14¼ in. (36 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.5 cm.) deep

来源

Formerlly in the collection of the Earls of Nottingham and Winchilsea, Burghley-on-the-hill, Rutland.
Thence by descent.

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拍品专文

Cupid drives the Sun deity's chariot, while a bas-relief with trophies of Love's weapons embellish the marble plinth, which is supported by bacchic lion monopodiae. Another clock of this model is illustrated in E. Neihuser, French Bronze Clocks, 1700-1830, Atglen, 1999, p. 240, no 910.