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Importante terrine couverte, sa doublure et son presentoir en argent par Louis-Jean-Baptiste Cheret, Paris, 1789-1790
Description
- Importante terrine couverte, sa doublure et son presentoir en argent par Louis-Jean-Baptiste Cheret, Paris, 1789-1790
- Long. 44,2 cm, 6 726 g ; 174 in, 79oz 19dwt
oval stand with laurel leaf border resting on eight ball feet, the body inset with scroll and floral garlands, two eagle heads and two oval gilt medallions representing baby Bacchus playing with putti and a goat, the cover with water-leaf border and floral and interwoven ribbons, later finial shaped as a fruit basket, the handles applied with grapes and vines, plain liner
Provenance
Literature
Pour un ensemble comprenant une paire de terrines et une paire de pots à oille au même modèle, voir Christie's Genève, 12 novembre 1985, n° 87. Pour une paire de terrines, voir Christie's New York, 15 avril 1992, n° 35 et 21 octobre 1997, n° 268, ainsi que Christie's Genève, 11 novembre 1975 et 12 mai 1983, n° 1777, étude Ader, Gare d'Orsay, 13 juin 1978, n° 13. Pour un ensemble comprenant une paire de pots à oille et une terrine, voir étude Mercier, Lille, 10 octobre 2010, n° 11. Sotheby's remercie vivement Bernard Causse pour ces informations.
Ce modèle est illustré dans le catalogue de l'exposition Musée des Arts décoratifs Paris 1954-1955, pl. 191, n° 361 (collection Spirito Santo) et dans Les Grands Orfèvres de Louis XIII à Charles X, Hachette, 1965, p. 128.
Condition
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