Lotto 1106 - A212 Arti decorative - giovedì, 27. marzo 2025, 13h30
A PAIR OF CANDELABRAS WITH SPHINXES
Régence style, Paris, mid-19th century. The model attributable to André-Charles Boulle.
Bronze, punched, chiseled and gilt. Baluster shaft on a trefoil base with three sphinxes, tapering into leaf-shaped supports at the back and ending in scrolls. On retracted fluted feet. Three light branches with leaf decoration, ending in ram's heads. Drip pans with gadrooned edges and vase nozzles with leaf decoration. Raised central torch with corresponding nozzle (one with an incomplete lip).
Ø 36 cm, H 49 cm.
An almost identical candelabra, except for the shaft, attributed to the work of Boulle, is illustrated in: Hans Ottomeyer/Peter Pröschel: Vergoldete Bronzen. Munich 1986, vol. 1, p. 57, no. 1.7.3. Other examples are in Waddesdon Manor (inv. no. 2414.1), Warwick Castle and in the Cassel van Doorn collection.
CHF 3 000 / 5 000 | (€ 3 090 / 5 150)
Venduto per CHF 5 625 (incl. premio)