MID 18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV GILTWOOD CONSOLE
MID 18TH CENTURY
With conforming serpentine red and grey marble top above pierced C-scroll and foliate-decorated frieze and cabriole legs, joined by a stretcher carved with a dog and a bird, the underside of marble top inscribed in black chalk C-4320, the top of base inscribed in blue chalk 322
33½ in. (85 cm.) high, 50½ in. (128 cm.) wide, 24½ in. (62 cm.) deep

Provenance

[Possibly] supplied by Jansen, Incorporated, New York, 1953.

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Lot Essay

The charming carving on the stretcher of this console is derived from the celebrated picture by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, The Boar Hunt, which, with its companion The Stag Hunt, formed a part of a series of paintings by Oudry on hunting themes, painted in 1722-5 and engraved soon after (see M.L. Dimier, Les Peintres Français au XVIIIe Siècle, Paris, 1930, fig. 27). A similar console of larger proportions and with richer carving that is more closely related to Oudry's paintings was sold anonymously at Christie's, London, 16 December 1999, lot 65 (£65,300).

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