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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE MODELS OF THE MARLY HORSES
AFTER THE MODELS BY GUILLAUME COUSTOU THE ELDER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE MODELS OF THE MARLY HORSES
AFTER THE MODELS BY GUILLAUME COUSTOU THE ELDER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
each rearing horse with attendant on naturalistically-cast base signed 'Coustou', on rectangular gilt-metal mounted cut-brass inlaid tortoiseshell plinths
the bronzes: 22in. high; the plinths: 6½in. high; 22¼in. wide; 10 5/8in. deep
AFTER THE MODELS BY GUILLAUME COUSTOU THE ELDER, LATE 19TH CENTURY
each rearing horse with attendant on naturalistically-cast base signed 'Coustou', on rectangular gilt-metal mounted cut-brass inlaid tortoiseshell plinths
the bronzes: 22in. high; the plinths: 6½in. high; 22¼in. wide; 10 5/8in. deep
Provenance
Christie's, London, 29 April 2010, lot 68 (£18,112.50).