A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1730

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
CIRCA 1730
Each scrolling foliate backplate with entwined dragon issuing scrolling branches terminating with palm-cast bobèches
22 in. (56 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

A closely related pair of Louis XV dragon wall-lights, in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, n. 64/9, is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, 1986, vol. I, p. 138, fig. 2.11.3. Another related pair, possibly German, was sold at Christie's London, 17 June 1987, lot 3, while another pair was sold from the Patiño Collection at Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1 November 1986, lot 50.

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