LOT 617
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Lot 617
A VERY FINE FRENCH LOUIS XVI GILT BRONZE AND MARBLE MOUNTED CLOCK GARNITURE, 19TH CENTURY. Allegory of literature and arts, finely modeled and cast with two cupids, one with a quill pen, the other with the artist pallet resting on a circular clock case above a drapery mount and raised on a white marble plinth with scrolled foliate gilt bronze recessed mounts supported by acanthus form sabots with matching two light candelabra each with a figural Bacchanalian infant. Height 18 inches (49 cm), length 17.5 inches (44.5 cm).
Estimate:
$6,000 - 9,000
€ 4,200 - 6,300
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