CIRCA 1795

細節

A PAIR OF DIRECTOIRE ORMOLU AND BRONZE TWIN-BRANCH WALL LIGHTS
CIRCA 1795
Each with a lozenge-shaped backplate with anthemion finial and boss, centred by an elephant mask, issuing two foliate-cast scrolled branches terminating in lion heads, with engine-turned circular drip-pans and nozzles, fitted for electricity, regilt, the elephant masks possibly associated
11½ in. (29 cm.) high (2)

來源

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 23 April 1998, lot 229.

注意事項

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拍品專文

The lozenge-shaped backplates, conceived in the late 18th Century Egyptian manner and formed like mirrored obelisks tipped with lotus-flowered 'Osiris' sun-discs, frame an elephant mask, such as feature on Roman marble candelabra illustrated in G.B. Piranesi's, Vasi, candelabri, cippi., Rome, 1769. Related sconces were sold anonymously, A.P. Tajan, Paris, 17 March 1975, lot 17, each featuring 'Anubis' jackal-head supports.