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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU MODELS OF LIONS
Lot 162 THE PROPERTY OF A FAMILY TRUST
(LOTS 162-168 AND 170-173)

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU MODELS OF LIONS

MID-18TH CENTURY, THE BASES FRENCH MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed6 July 2012

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU MODELS OF LIONS
MID-18TH CENTURY, THE BASES FRENCH MID-19TH CENTURY
Each modelled with the fore paws resting on a scrolled shield, above a shaped rectangular plinth centred by a female mask, on cabochon-headed scrolled feet
11½ in. (29 cm.) high; 8 in. (20 cm.) wide (2)

Specialist note

The present chenets featuring crouched lions with their fore paws resting on a shield, are reminiscent of a pair bearing the arms of the Bruyères de Chalabre family at Waddesdon Manor and illustrated in G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, vol. II, London, 1974, p.722, fig.182.