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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING THE FIGURE OF ACHILLES
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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING THE FIGURE OF ACHILLES

PERRIN, PARIS. SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

已结束2009年9月23日

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EUR 7,500

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A RESTAURATION ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK DEPICTING THE FIGURE OF ACHILLES
PERRIN, PARIS. SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The patinated bronze figure flanking the rectangular clock case with white enamel chapter ring signed PERRIN Bd Bne NOUVELLE, No 19, the case with allegorical symbols and relief cast scenes depicting the history of Achilles, the base on claw feet, eight-day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell; pendulum
65 cm. high overall; the bronze figure 48 cm. high

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Achilles is a legendary Greek hero and the central character of Homers' Iliad. The relief cast panels on this clock are depicting two non-Homeric themes concerning his upbringing and his death, the first scene represents Thetis dipping Achilles, making his body invulnerable except for his heel by which she held him, the central panel to the plinth is depicting Achilles and the King of Troy.