FRENCH, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, ORIGINALLY MOUNTED ON A CHENET

Details

A GILT BRONZE MODEL OF A DRAGON
FRENCH, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, ORIGINALLY MOUNTED ON A CHENET
Depicted seated, with wings raised and tail curled; on a modern rectangular marble base; minor wear to gilding
26 cm. long

Literature

M. Eberle, Sanfter Glanz und Patina, Kostbares Gerät aus Bronze Messing Kupfer Eisen, Bestandskatalog II, Kunstgewerbesammlung der Stadt Bielefeld, Stiftung Huelsmann, Bielefeld, 2002, p. 92, nr. 40, with illustration.

Exhibited

Bielefeld, Museum Huelsmann, on loan.

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Lot Essay

The present dragon is strongly related to a design by Jean Charles Delafosse made in 1765. This design is for a pair of Neo-Classical chenets each surmounted by a dragon. G. H. Ottomeyer, P. Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, vol. I p. 21.

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