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Edme-Jean Causard, Horloger Privilégié du Roi circa 1753.
This charming clock exemplifies the taste for whimsical chinoseries at the height of the Louis XV period, with its sculptural Chinese figures combined with an abundance of rocailles. The overall design can almost certainly be seen as the creation of a marchand mercier such as Lazare Duvaux, while lacquered bronze figures of this type, often with polychrome decoration, are usually associated with the Martin dynasty, who in 1744 renewed a Royal patent for lacquer wares 'en relief dans le goût de Japon et de la Chine'.
A clock of the same model but signed by Charles le Roy à Paris, was sold Christie's, Monaco, 19 June 1988, lot 29 and is probably that illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de La Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe sig©gle, Paris, 1997, p. 124.
This charming clock exemplifies the taste for whimsical chinoseries at the height of the Louis XV period, with its sculptural Chinese figures combined with an abundance of rocailles. The overall design can almost certainly be seen as the creation of a marchand mercier such as Lazare Duvaux, while lacquered bronze figures of this type, often with polychrome decoration, are usually associated with the Martin dynasty, who in 1744 renewed a Royal patent for lacquer wares 'en relief dans le goût de Japon et de la Chine'.
A clock of the same model but signed by Charles le Roy à Paris, was sold Christie's, Monaco, 19 June 1988, lot 29 and is probably that illustrated in P. Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de La Pendule Française du Moyen Age au XXe sig©gle, Paris, 1997, p. 124.