PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ANDIRONS
Based on a model... Lot 336
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PAIR OF LOUIS XV STYLE ANDIRONS
Based on a model by Antoine Moreau
In bronze, depicting elongated Triton figures blowing into a conch shell, resting on a terrace decorated with rocaille scrolls; significant wear to the gilding.
H.:39 and 41.5 cm (15 ¼ and 16 ¼ in.)
l.:47 cm (18 ½ in.)
Comparative bibliography:
D. Alcouffe, A. Dion-Tenenbaum, G. Mabille, Les Bronzes d'Ameublement du Louvre, Éditions Faton, Dijon, 2004, p.64-65.
H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol. I, p.134, fig. 2.9.2.
P. Verlet, Les Bronzes dorés Français du XVIIIe siècle, Picard, Paris, 2003, p.84, fig. 86.
A pair of Louis XV style bronze firedogs, after the model by Antoine Moreau
A pair of andirons of the same model, from the collections of Marechal Oudinot at Château de Malicorne, sold at Artcurial Paris on June 13, 2017, lot 17.
A pair of andirons of the same model, from the Marechal Oudinot collections at Château de Malicorne, sold at Artcurial Paris, June 13, 2017, lot 17.
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