Description:
A Very Fine Pair of French Earky 19th Century Regence Style Ormolu and Patinated
Bronze Figural Chenets, each with rectangular drapery-covered base surmounted
by a recumbent female sphinx, on paw feet. Circa: 1820
With their lion-paw feet, lambrequinned edge, and sphinx, these chenets are inspired by Règence prototypes. Comprable chenets from circa 1700 to 1710 include those with a reclining sphinx in the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum in Munich (See H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, Volume 1, Fig. 1.10.10) and three further examples with Bèrainesque masks and paw feet,
Height: 15 inches (38 cm)
Ref: 866
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