A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA , 19TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 1376

Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Tapestries,

New York

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19 May 2004

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Lot 256
THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
(Lots 256-267)

A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA

19TH CENTURY

Price realised

USD 7,768

Estimate

USD 8,000 - USD 12,000

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA
19TH CENTURY
Each with tapering oviform body with rope-twist handles ending in satyr masks, issuing lily-spray candlearms over a circular socle and a gadrooned square plinth base, the vases probably previously with lids
22¾ in. (58 cm.) high, 11 in. (28 cm.) wide (2)

Provenance

Prince Gérard Joseph de Faucigny-Lucinge, Cannes; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 22-23 April 1955, lot 112.
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THE PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK COLLECTOR
(Lots 256-267)
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