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A TORTOISESHELL, BLUE-TINTED HORN, AND VARNISHED BRONZE CLOCK, LOUIS XIV, CIRCA 1700 |
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 EUR
bidding is closed
Description
- tortoishell, horn, gilt-bronze, wood
- Haut. 50 cm., larg. 22 cm., prof. 12,5 cm. ; Height 19 3/4 in., width 8 3/4 in., depth 4 3/4 in.
the dial topped by a crowned figure and a putto, the inlaid box with shells, foliate scrolls and a profile in a medallion; (the movement later)
Catalogue Note
A large and sinuous shaped cartel clock with a similar marquetry and an identical crowned mask head was sold at Sotheby's Monaco, 9th December 1995, lot 176.