Live Auction 19039Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II
A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS
Lot 1035

A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS

CIRCA 1745-49

Closed24 September 2020

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS
CIRCA 1745-49
Each with a creature leaping through rocaille elements, each struck to one foot with the 'C' couronné poinçon
13 ½ in. (34.5 cm.) high, 14 ½ in. (37 cm.) wide, the slighty larger

Anonymous sale; Ader & Picard, Paris, 15 June 1971, lot 23 (attributed to Philippe Caffieri).
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

Specialist note

The 'C' couronné poinçon was a tax mark employed on any alloy containing copper between March 1745 and February 1749.