LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH EUROPEAN

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A LOUIS XIV REPOUSSE GILT-BRASS MIRROR
LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY NORTH EUROPEAN
The central rectangular bevelled plate within a mirrored frame applied with angle scrolling foliate clasps with lilies, zoomorphic scrolls and crowned cipher, the shaped mirrored cresting conformingly applied with scrolling flowering foliage converging on a crowned cipher
65 in. (165.5 cm.) high; 42 in. (107 cm.) wide

Provenance

Christie's Paris, 13 December 2006, lot 209 (42,000 EUR).

Special notice

Specified lots are being stored at Crozier Park Royal (details below) or will be removed from Christie’s, 8 King Street, London, SW1Y 6QT by 5.00pm on the day of the sale. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. If the lot has been transferred to Crozier Park Royal, it will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day following the sale. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s, 8 King Street, it will be available for collection on any working day (not weekends) from 9.00am to 5.00pm

Conditions of sale

Lot Essay

This finely worked repousse mirror with shaped cresting adorned with a central crowned cipher is an excellent example of a popular type produced in Flanders in the late Baroque period. A closely related mirror, circa 1685, is illustrated in G. Child Les Miroirs, 1650-1900, Flammarion, Paris, 1991, p. 221, fig. 451.

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