Live Auction 21607The Ann & Gordon Getty Collection: Volume 4 | Chinese Works of Art, English and European Furniture and Decorative Arts, Day Sale
A PAIR OF FRENCH TERRACOTTA CHINOISERIE FIGURES ON ORMOLU BASES
Lot 621

A PAIR OF FRENCH TERRACOTTA CHINOISERIE FIGURES ON ORMOLU BASES

THE ORMOLU BASES RESTAURATION, CIRCA 1820-40, THE TERRACOTTA FIGURES 20TH CENTURY

Closed23 October 2022

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A PAIR OF FRENCH TERRACOTTA CHINOISERIE FIGURES ON ORMOLU BASES
THE ORMOLU BASES RESTAURATION, CIRCA 1820-40, THE TERRACOTTA FIGURES 20TH CENTURY
In the form of a seated gentleman and a lady, each holding a parasol, on richly mounted square plinth
16 3/4 in. (42.5 cm.) high, 8 1/2 in. (21.5 cm.) wide, overall

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 October 1994, lot 21.
Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.

Specialist note

The fine chasing, excellent modeling and craftsmanship of the ormolu bases of this lot suggest that it is the product of a leading bronzier of the first half of the nineteenth century, such as Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843). A similar Chinoiserie terracotta was in the collection of Hubert de Saint-Senoch, Pavillon de Bidane, sold Sotheby's, Monaco, 6 December 1983, lot 240.