Paire d'appliques Louis XV en bronze doré et figures en...
Paire d'appliques Louis XV en bronze doré et figures en porcelaine de Meissen, vers 1740 et époque postérieure
A pair of Louis XV wall lights with Meissen figures, circa 1740 and later
The figures dating to circa 1740, modelled by J.J. Kaendler, a seated male harlequin playing the bagpipes and his female companion, she playing the hurdy-gurdy, each sitting in a metal arbour with painted tôle leaves studded with small groups of porcelain flowers, two branches with ormolu tooled sconces parting from the semi-circular base of the sconces, the branches surrounded by larger porcelain flowers, 47cm high each, (2)
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Private German Collection of Meissen Porcelain
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Paire d'appliques Louis XV en bronze doré et figures en porcelaine de Meissen, vers 1740 et époque postérieure
A pair of Louis XV wall lights with Meissen figures, circa 1740 and later
The figures dating to circa 1740, modelled by J.J. Kaendler, a seated male harlequin playing the bagpipes and his female companion, she playing the hurdy-gurdy, each sitting in a metal arbour with painted tôle leaves studded with small groups of porcelain flowers, two branches with ormolu tooled sconces parting from the semi-circular base of the sconces, the branches surrounded by larger porcelain flowers, 47cm high each, (2)
Provenance:
Private German Collection of Meissen Porcelain