A Louis XVIII gilt and patinated bronze mounted porcelain guéridon "L'histoire de l'Amour", the porcelain attributed to the Sèvres manufactory, the bronzes attributed to Pierre-Philippe Thomire, circa 1820

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300,000 - 500,000 EUR

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with a circular top on a "jaune Nankin" background, with six porcelain plaques representing scenes of "the history of Love" from Evariste Fragonard (1783-1850), Le Triomphe de la rivale, l'Infidélité, l'Abandon, la Volupté éteint le flambeau de l'Amour, la Raison conseille et l'Amour entraîne, and la Lutte, marques en creux "E", "Ch" possibly for Chamoux and "B" for Charles-Nicolas Brachart and mark for 1817, the frieze adorned with palms and rosaces, on three griffons-shaped feet, on a portor marble and gilt-bronze base with acanthus leaves

Height. 32 in, diam. 28 1/2 in ; Haut. 81 cm, diam. 74 cm

Private collection, South-West, France ;

Galerie Anne-Marie Monin, Paris, circa 2008 ;

European private collection.

G. Séret and Ch. Huchet de Quénetain, "Du Directoire à l'Empire: vers une résurgence du mobilier en porcelaine", p. 142-143, fig. 8. in C. Leprince, Napoléon Ier & Sèvres. L'art de la porcelaine au service de l'Empire, Paris, 2016.

Biennale internationale des Antiquaires, XXIVe, presented by galerie Anne-Marie Monin Paris, September 2008.