ONE EMPIRE, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE OTHERS LATER

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A SET OF EIGHT FRENCH ORMOLU CENTREPIECES
ONE EMPIRE, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE OTHERS LATER
Each with pierced basket supported by three nymphs holding aloft torches with possibly associated upper sections, the cylindrical base with putti draped with floral swags
21 ½ in. (54 cm.) high

来源

The Empire centrepiece from the Collection of King Louis Philippe (1773-1850) of France, and by descent,
sold Christie's, London, 30 September 2014, lot 185.

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拍品专文

Comparable models signed by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843), and previously in the collection of Lucien Bonaparte, can be found in the Musée Marmottan, Paris and are illustrated in H. Ottomeyer and P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1989, vol. II, p. 382-383, nos. 5.16.2 and 5.16.3.

ONE EMPIRE, ATTRIBUTED TO PIERRE-PHILIPPE THOMIRE, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE OTHERS LATER

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