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A PAIR OF CHARLES X BRONZE AND ORMOLU INCENSE BURNERS
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A PAIR OF CHARLES X BRONZE AND ORMOLU INCENSE BURNERS

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A PAIR OF CHARLES X BRONZE AND ORMOLU INCENSE BURNERS
Modelled with figures of negros supporting fruiting baskets on their heads, on square stepped plinths, restorations
17½in. (44.5cm.) high, slight variations in size (2)
注意事项
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品专文

The caryatid figures, with their harvest of fruit serving as 'vases cassolettes', relate to that of a hunter featured in a sketch of a clock, known as the 'Negrillon Porteur' invented in 1799 by the Parisian clock-maker Jean-Simon De Verberie of the Boulevard du Temple (De Verberie's, Cahier des desseins des Pendules, is preserved in the Cabinet des Etampes at the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris). The figures were popularised by publications such as Bernardin de Saint-Pierr's romantic novel Paul and Verginie, 1787.