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A LARGE PAIR OF NAPOLEON III IMARI PORCELAIN, ORMOLU AND GILTWOOD ELEVEN-LIGHT TORCHERES

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Details

A LARGE PAIR OF NAPOLEON III IMARI PORCELAIN, ORMOLU AND GILTWOOD ELEVEN-LIGHT TORCHERES
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each surmounted by eleven foliate branches terminating with a corona drip-pan and cylindrical nozzle, flanked by lys, above a waisted slender neck headed by a floral rim, the bulbous body flanked to each side by a ram's head, supported by an acanthus and foliate stem, raised by three putti holding each-other's hand, on a stepped spreading tripartite base with acanthus frieze, fitted for electricity
95 in. (241 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 22 March 2001, lot 275.

Special notice

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