Live Auction 5077Christie's Interiors
A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU CHENETS
Lot 76 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE GREEK COLLECTION

A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU CHENETS

OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed21 January 2014

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GBP 1,875

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A PAIR OF NAPOLEON III ORMOLU CHENETS
OF LOUIS XVI STYLE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Surmounted with fluted urns with flambeau finials, flanked by lion's heads
40 in. (101.5 cm.) wide

Specialist note

A comparable pair is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronze, München 1986, no. 4.1.16, p. 231, after the model from circa 1770 in the Petit Appartements at Versailles.