Live Auction 5706The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE ATLAS FIGURES ON PEDESTALS
Lot 237 THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR

A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE ATLAS FIGURES ON PEDESTALS

MODERN

Closed20 September 2012

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GBP 49,250

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A PAIR OF ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE ATLAS FIGURES ON PEDESTALS
MODERN
One figure supporting a globe, the other supporting an armillary sphere, each on a square ebonised pedestal, one inscribed 'MEDIAM/ESSE/MVNDI/TERRAM' the other inscribed 'ERRANTIVM/MOTVS/LVMINVM/CANONICA' within a mahogany surround
53½ in. (136 cm.) high, the figures; 94 in. (240 cm.) high overall; 26 in. (66 cm.) square, the pedestals (2)

Christie's New York, 24 September 1998, lot 70.

Specialist note

Large-scale figures of Atlas, of the same design but lacking pedestals, were sold from the Collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge, Christie's Paris, 23-25 September 2009, lot 593 (337,000 Euros). A further pair were more recently sold Christies's New York, 23 November 2010, lot 227 ($146,500).