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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, in the Louis XV style, modelled as trumpeting elephant, the drum shaped case with glazed convex dial with signature JULIEN LEROY A PARIS, and pierced latten hands, the twin train movement No. 131 with countwheel strike, surmounted by a female figure holding a radiant sun-disc in her left hand, an amorini to her side, on a naturalistic base cast with foliage and 'C' scrolls

细节
A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK, in the Louis XV style, modelled as trumpeting elephant, the drum shaped case with glazed convex dial with signature JULIEN LEROY A PARIS, and pierced latten hands, the twin train movement No. 131 with countwheel strike, surmounted by a female figure holding a radiant sun-disc in her left hand, an amorini to her side, on a naturalistic base cast with foliage and 'C' scrolls
18in. (46cm.) wide; 29½in. (75cm.) high; 13½in. (34.5cm.) deep

拍品专文

Celebrating the Triumph of Love, this reed-and-flower festooned clock's 'picturesque' style was inspired by a Loius XV model depicting Cupid attending Europa's enlevement by Jupiter in the guise of a bull, as recounted in Ovid's Metamorphoses. In this case, the trumpeting elephant evolved from a Japanese 17th century porcelain model.