Description
A Louis XVI period vase clock called "aux dauphins", in white marble and chased and gilded bronze, the white enamelled dial with Arabic numerals inscribed in a bezel with a row of pearls in a case surrounded by garlands of oak leaves, surmounted by a gushing fountain, the body in the form of a vase flanked by handles with a dolphin motif, the pedestal with a square base decorated with spandrels and laurel branches in reserves. - Missing a spandrel and the balance - H. : 45 cm - W. : 24,5 cm Comparative elements in public collections: - Chantilly, Musée Condé, OA2191, for a similar model. - Versailles, châteaux of Versailles and Trianon, V2013.17, for a model in Sèvres porcelain commissioned for the bathing cabinet of Louis XVI. -Paris, Musée Cognacq-Jay, J 316, for a similar model. Comparative elements in public sales: - Sotheby's, Paris, November 19, 2020, n°38 - Artcurial, Paris, June 28, 2016, n°58 - Christie's, London, July 4, 2013, lot 22. - Chistie's, Haras d'estimauville, 27 October 2010, Rotschild collection, n°252. - Expert : Cabinet ARTEMIS ESTIMATION - Pierre GRIGNON DUMOULIN, expert near the Court of Appeal of Amiens - 06 09 83 33 29 - [email protected]
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A Louis XVI period vase clock called "aux dauphins", in white marble and chased and gilded bronze, the white enamelled dial with Arabic numerals inscribed in a bezel with a row of pearls in a case surrounded by garlands of oak leaves, surmounted by a gushing fountain, the body in the form of a vase flanked by handles with a dolphin motif, the pedestal with a square base decorated with spandrels and laurel branches in reserves. - Missing a spandrel and the balance - H. : 45 cm - W. : 24,5 cm Comparative elements in public collections: - Chantilly, Musée Condé, OA2191, for a similar model. - Versailles, châteaux of Versailles and Trianon, V2013.17, for a model in Sèvres porcelain commissioned for the bathing cabinet of Louis XVI. -Paris, Musée Cognacq-Jay, J 316, for a similar model. Comparative elements in public sales: - Sotheby's, Paris, November 19, 2020, n°38 - Artcurial, Paris, June 28, 2016, n°58 - Christie's, London, July 4, 2013, lot 22. - Chistie's, Haras d'estimauville, 27 October 2010, Rotschild collection, n°252. - Expert : Cabinet ARTEMIS ESTIMATION - Pierre GRIGNON DUMOULIN, expert near the Court of Appeal of Amiens - 06 09 83 33 29 - [email protected]
