A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE PRESSE-PAPIERS
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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE PRESSE-PAPIERS

AFTER A DESIGN BY NICHOLAS COUSTOU, LATE 19TH CENTURY

已結束2010年5月20日

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A PAIR OF FRENCH GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE PRESSE-PAPIERS
AFTER A DESIGN BY NICHOLAS COUSTOU, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Each modelled as a recumbant sphinx atop a rectangular plinth with egg-and-dart cast surround
6 in. (15 cm.) high; 9¼ in. (25.5 cm.) wide; 5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) deep (2)

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The guardian Egyptian sphinx is theatrically presented as a fine French lady in mid-18th century fashion. This model is based on some now lost sphinxes made for the château de Marly, circa 1700, by the sculptor Nicholas Coustou (d. 1733).