拍品 24
24
A PAIR OF EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, each with a draped maiden on tiptoe holding aloft an urn cast with stiff-leaves and foliage issuing a pair of large S-scroll branches of foliage and drip-pans, around a central lotus and foliate finial, on a half sphere applied with stars, the cylindrical column flanked by a pair of eagles seated on thunderbolts, the rectangular verde antico plinth with classical reclining lady and Cupid in relief, the sides with masks and cornucopiae, on a rectangular plinth cast with lotus leaves and palms, fitted for electricity, restorations, the top possibly originally with additional branches and tiers

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A PAIR OF EMPIRE BRONZE AND ORMOLU FIVE-LIGHT CANDELABRA, each with a draped maiden on tiptoe holding aloft an urn cast with stiff-leaves and foliage issuing a pair of large S-scroll branches of foliage and drip-pans, around a central lotus and foliate finial, on a half sphere applied with stars, the cylindrical column flanked by a pair of eagles seated on thunderbolts, the rectangular verde antico plinth with classical reclining lady and Cupid in relief, the sides with masks and cornucopiae, on a rectangular plinth cast with lotus leaves and palms, fitted for electricity, restorations, the top possibly originally with additional branches and tiers
39½in. (100.5cm.) high (2)

拍品专文

A possible source for the draped figure standing on one foot on a globe is the winged support that holds a reflecting board over Gravure in the series showing decoration for the atelier of M.J in Charles Percier and P.F.L.Fontaine's Receuil de Décorations Intérieures, Paris, 1801, pl.VII.
An identical pair, with branches arranged slightly differently, were sold by Capt. Sir Everard Radcliffe, Bt., Rudding Park, Yorkshire, Christie's London, 16 October 1972, lot 116.