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A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE WALL-LIGHTS, POSSIBLY RUSSIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY |
估價
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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描述
- Haut. 88 cm, larg. 36 cm, prof. 28,7 cm ; height 34 2/3 in., width 14 1/4 in., depth 11 1/2 in.
each with a backplate in the form of a lyre surmounted by griffin heads, centred by a female mask and a sunburst motif issuing two scrolled candlearms, the lower section cast with an eagle above a stylised anthemion with three further scrolled candlearms
來源
Sothebys, New York, 7 December 2005, lot 261 (sold 45 000$)
出版
Igor Sychev, The Russian Chandeliers,1760-1830, P.V.R.B., 2003, p. 144, illustrates a related lyre wall light, circa 1815, in the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg Also see Igor Sychev, Russian Bronze, Moscow, 2003, p. 217, where he illustrates a related wall light, stated to be French, in the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
拍品資料及來源
A related pair of wall-lights with lyre backplate was sold as lot 180, Christie's, Paris, 1st June 2005