拍品 275
275
A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CHENETS
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (Lot 275)
A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CHENETS

POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CHENETS
POSSIBLY 18TH CENTURY
Each of a reclining sphinx with tiara and drapery of the back, on an upcurved base with central rayed cabochon and scrolling feet, flanked by Vitruvian scroll side and cabochon and on c-scrolled square foot
12 in. (31 cm.) high (2)

拍品專文

The sphinx figures of these chenets are inspired by the similar figures with espagnolette head-dress in the grounds of Marly. A model of these chenets with slightly differing back support and with the coat-of-arms of the Bavarian Court is in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, p. 71, fig. 1.10.10), while another pair of virtually identical form to the offered lot, originally from René Weiller, Paris, was sold anonymously, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 26 March 1966, lot 50.