Live Auction 7764Important Early European Furniture, Sculpture & Tapestries
Christie’s roundel
Lot 336 THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
(LOTS 300-385)

A BRONZE GROUP OF WRESTLING MEN

FRENCH, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed5 November 2009

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GBP 21,250

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A BRONZE GROUP OF WRESTLING MEN
FRENCH, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
On an integral rectangular bronze plinth; medium brown patina with lighter high points; traces of oxidisation
15 5/8 in. (39.7 cm.) high; 16¼ in. (41.2 cm.) overall

Sold in Christie's London, 16th December 1986, lot 37 (£5,500)

Specialist note

A virtually identical group of two wrestling men formerly in the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé was sold, Christie's Paris, 25 February 2009, lot 384.