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A pair of Louis XV gilt-bronze fire dogs, circa 1750

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 EUR

Lot Details

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Description

decorated with scrolling foliages ; one with an H inscribed on the reverse

(2)

Haut. 37 cm, larg. 24 cm;

Height. 14 1/4 in, width. 9 1/2 in

The base of these firedogs can be found on one of the plates in André-Charles Boulle's Nouveaux Desseins de Meubles et Ouvrages de Bronze et Marqueterie, published by Mariette in 1708.

A similar pair of firedogs belonged to the Richard Redding gallery. The cuirass and martial attributes are treated in a much more rocaille manner on another model, one of which is in the Getty Museum (71. DF. 114.1/2), while another belonged to the collection of Madame Anteñor Patino, sold by Sotheby's in Paris on September 22 and 23, 2010, lot 270.

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