Lot 541
  • 541

A PAIR OF RE-SILVERED BRONZE CHENETS, IN 17TH CENTURY STYLE |

Estimate
400 - 600 EUR
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Description

  • H. 30 x P. totale 60 cm ; 11 3/4 x 23 1/3 in.
with their irons

Provenance

Collection Baron Alexis de Redé, hôtel Lambert, Salon des Muses; his sale Sotheby's, Paris, 16 March 2005, lot 83

Literature

C. Frégnac, Belles demeures de Paris, Paris, 1977, p. 83 (illustrated)

Condition

The illustration of the catalogue is accurate. Good overall condition. There are the inevitable minor dents, marks and scratches due to age and use. There are black oxidations traces as expected on silvered metal.
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