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A PAIR OF LATE LOUIS XV ORMOLU CHENETS CIRCA 1770 Each with a seated lion on a base with applied trophies and floral vinery, on toupie feet 15 ? in. (40 cm.) high, 16 in. (41 cm.) wide, 7 ? in. (20 cm.) deep
Acquired from Aveline, Paris, 1982.
These chenets are of the same model as those in the salon d'Hercule at the Chateau de Versailles, illustrated in P. Verlet, Les Bronzes Dorés Fran?ais du XVIIIe siècle, Paris, 1987, p. 56, fig. 48. Another 19th century pair, of ormolu and patinated bronze was sold from the Collections of the Cholmondeley Family and The Late Sir Philip Sassoon, Bt. from Houghton, Christie's, London, 8 December 1994, lot 52.