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Lot 3
A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XVI ORMOLU-MOUNTED, PATINATED BRONZE AND LAPIS LAZULI TAZZE
CIRCA 1800, PROBABLY RUSSIAN
Fermé4 December 2008
Prix réalisé
GBP 39,650
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Note du spécialiste
Featuring graceful classical maidens holding aloft an 'antique' tazza, these ormolu-enriched lapis lazuli and patinated bronze models exemplify the European taste for classical imagery in decorative arts of the early 19th century.
Celebrated artists such as maître fondeur-ciseleur Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) and bronzier Pierre-François Feuchère (1737-1832) are also recorded to have frequently executed compositions based on similar models (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, pp.382-385, figs. 5.16.4 - 5.16.5). A closely-related tazza, part of a super-structure of a centre table, is in the Museo Capodimonte, Naples (ill. bid., p.405, fig. 5.19.9) while a further related example featuring classically-draped maidens holding aloft an ormolu-enriched malachite circular tazza was sold at Christie's, New York, 17-18 May 2005, lot 476 ($31,200 with premium).
Celebrated artists such as maître fondeur-ciseleur Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843) and bronzier Pierre-François Feuchère (1737-1832) are also recorded to have frequently executed compositions based on similar models (H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, et al., Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, vol. I, pp.382-385, figs. 5.16.4 - 5.16.5). A closely-related tazza, part of a super-structure of a centre table, is in the Museo Capodimonte, Naples (ill. bid., p.405, fig. 5.19.9) while a further related example featuring classically-draped maidens holding aloft an ormolu-enriched malachite circular tazza was sold at Christie's, New York, 17-18 May 2005, lot 476 ($31,200 with premium).