拍品 124
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A French ormolu putto mount entitled 'L'enfant Guerrier'
A French ormolu putto mount entitled 'L'enfant Guerrier'

CAST AFTER A DESIGN BY LEON MESSAGE, PROBABLY FOR FRANCOIS LINKE, CIRCA 1900

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A French ormolu putto mount entitled 'L'enfant Guerrier'
Cast after a design by Leon Message, Probably for Francois Linke, Circa 1900
Modelled as Cupid as a warrior, on an associated black marble base
Overall: 14½ in. (37 cm.) high; The mount: 10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high

拍品專文

Also referred to by Linke as 'Amour guerrier', the mount was used on several important pieces of furniture, including the four-sided vitrine shown at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair (see Christie's East, 31 October 2000, lot 444). For an example mounted on a table stretcher, see C. Payne, François Linke 1855-1946, The Belle Epoque of French Furniture, Woodbridge, 2003, p. 337, pl. 365. Another similar example sold Sotheby's New York, 30 October 2003, lot 217.