Pair of gilt bronze and polished and decorated with sphinxes - Lot 412

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Pair of gilt bronze and polished and decorated with sphinxes - Lot 412
Pair of gilt bronze and polished and decorated with sphinxes on an oval base decorated with an Egyptian mask. Toupie feet. Signed Thomire a Paris, after a model of Louis Simon Boizot. About 1800. H. 35 cm - W.39 cm - D. 14,5 cm JB-HL The terra cotta model elaborated by Boizot, was probably first cast by Forestier, the chasing executed by Thomire and the gilding by Galle in 1786, for the bedroom of the queen Marie-Antoinette in the castle of Versailles. Comparative bibliography: Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, "Vergoldete Bronzen," Munich, 1986, p. 277, pl. 4.11.16. Jean-Pierre Samoyault, "Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire" Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau, 1989, p. 250 and following. Pierre Verlet " Les bronzes dorés français du XVIII " Paris, Picard, 1987, page 214. Provenance: Paris, Etude Couturier Nicola, sale on March 18, 1988 lot 54. Collection Pierrette Cordier, then not descent.
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