拍品专文
The ormolu pedestals are designed in the Grecian (Gout) fashion of the 1760s with antique-stippled tablets flowered with Roman acanthus and with laurel-baguette torus mouldings.
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THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1750, THE DECORATION PERHAPS LATER, THE ORMOLU PROBABLY LATE LOUIS XV CIRCA 1765-70
细节
A pair of Late Louis XV ormolu-mounted Meissen 'Malabar' figures emblematic of War and Peace
The porcelain circa 1750, the decoration perhaps later, the ormolu probably late Louis XV circa 1765-70
Modelled by Kaendler and Meyer as a moustachioed man wearing a conical straw hat, fur-lined sleeveless coat, green robes and yellow trousers, and companion wearing a similar hat, a fur-lined cape and blue robe, white dress and yellow slippers, both standing, he supports a shield, she holds a basket of fruit and a covered jar, on square bases, damages and restoration, the stepped footed mounts cast with a band of berried laurel leaves, the ormolu bases later lacquered
16¾in. (42.5cm.) and 16½in. (41.9cm.) high (2)
The porcelain circa 1750, the decoration perhaps later, the ormolu probably late Louis XV circa 1765-70
Modelled by Kaendler and Meyer as a moustachioed man wearing a conical straw hat, fur-lined sleeveless coat, green robes and yellow trousers, and companion wearing a similar hat, a fur-lined cape and blue robe, white dress and yellow slippers, both standing, he supports a shield, she holds a basket of fruit and a covered jar, on square bases, damages and restoration, the stepped footed mounts cast with a band of berried laurel leaves, the ormolu bases later lacquered
16¾in. (42.5cm.) and 16½in. (41.9cm.) high (2)
来源
Acquired from William Redford, London, 1987.
注意事项
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