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A Pair of Régence Ormolu Chenets Circa 1720
Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- height 15in.; width 8in.
- (38.1cm; 20.3cm)
the model attributed to André-Charles Boulle, depicting Jupiter and Juno seated atop an eagle, upon a shaped rectangular base cast with foliage, raised on scrolled feet cast with grotesque heads. Re-gilded.
Provenance
Kraemer & Cie., Paris
Catalogue Note
A related pair of chenets, attributed to Boulle were fomerly in the Residenz, Munich. See Ottomeyer, Prötschel et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Vol. I, Munich, 1986, p. 71 pl. 1.10.9.
An identical pair from the collection of Henry Ford II sold, Sotheby Parke Bernet, February 25, 1978, lot 68.