PROPERTY FROM THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAXE-COBURG-GOTHA THE EMPIRE ORMOLU SERVICE FROM THE COLLECTION OF KING LOUIS PHILIPPE (1773-1850) OF FRANCE

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CENTREPIECES AND A FURTHER MATCHING PAIR

ONE PAIR ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1810-1815, THE OTHER PAIR LATER

细节

A PAIR OF EMPIRE ORMOLU CENTREPIECES AND A FURTHER MATCHING PAIR
ONE PAIR ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1810-1815, THE OTHER PAIR LATER
Each with a pierced basket with interlaced grape vines above an acanthus-headed reverse-fluted and leaf-tip column flanked by three bacchic maidens, on a concave tripartite plinth mounted with horns of plenty, on lion's paw feet, minor differences in gilding, one pair with associated candlearms, some arms slightly bent
20 ½ in. (52 cm.) high; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) deep

来源

The Empire pair from the collection of King Louis Philippe (1773-1850) of France; and thence by descent.

荣誉呈献

Carlijn Dammers

cdammers@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2482

拍品专文

A comparable model, signed by Pierre-Philippe Thomire and previously in the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, can be found in Musée Marmottan, Paris, and is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1989, vol. 2, p. 382, no. 5.16.2.

ONE PAIR ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, PARIS, CIRCA 1810-1815, THE OTHER PAIR LATER

荣誉呈献

拍品专文

更多来自 欧洲贵族及私人珍藏 I (包括布艺)

更多来自欧洲贵族及私人珍藏 I (包括布艺)