A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF STANDING CHINESE BOYS, THE PORCELAIN MID-18TH CENTURY
Auction Closed
November 20, 10:09 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV GILT BRONZE-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURES OF STANDING CHINESE BOYS, THE PORCELAIN MID-18TH CENTURY
height 13 1/2 in.
34.5 cm
Baron Albert de Rothschild (1844-1911), Vienna
Baron Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild (1882-1955), Vienna
Property of the Estate of the late Mrs. Charles E. Dunlap, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 3-4 and 6 December 1975, lot 295
Property from Mrs. John W. Christner, Dallas, Texas, Christie's New York, 8 June 1979, lot 126
Baron Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild (1882-1955), Vienna
Property of the Estate of the late Mrs. Charles E. Dunlap, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 3-4 and 6 December 1975, lot 295
Property from Mrs. John W. Christner, Dallas, Texas, Christie's New York, 8 June 1979, lot 126
A pair of figures of this model mounted on Louis XV period gilt-bronze candelabra with porcelain flowers, was in the Patiño Collection, sold, Sotheby's New York, 31 October, 1987, lot 2. A further pair is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman.
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.
Sotheby's Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.