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A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
Lot 49PROPERTY FROM THE FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO

A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS

CIRCA 1800

Fermé10 April 2018

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USD 10,000

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A SET OF FOUR RUSSIAN ORMOLU TWIN-BRANCH WALL-LIGHTS
CIRCA 1800
Each in the form of a Bacchic mask issuing a grapevine beard and a pair of foliage-wrapped entwined curved candlearms, one candle socket lacking
16 in. (41 cm.) high, 9 in. (23 cm.) wide

Note du spécialiste

An identical pair of wall-lights was sold in Segoura, Christie’s, New York, 19 October 2006, lot 202 ($26,400). A related pair of wall-lights from the Bobinsky collection now in the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg is illustrated in I. Sychev, Russian Bronze, Moscow, 2003, p. 82.