A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Chinese Porcelain Mounted Pagoda-Form Mantel Clock

CIRCA 1740

十八世紀中葉法國中式銅鎏金亭臺式松石釉羅漢鐘
the case worked in gilt bronze in the form of a three tiered pagoda, the rounded base having a pull-out drawer in the form of a staircase flanked by latticed banisters, which enclose two Blanc-de-Chine glazed porcelain figures standing as attendants to a turquoise glazed figure of Budai. Each eave terminating in ring suspended bells, the first of which is supported by curvilinear columns. The drum-shaped clock with a white porcelain dial and Roman numerals comprises the second tier, with a second turquoise glazed porcelain figure occupying the chamber at the top.

以松石綠配白金色是路易十五時代的標志性風格，這座鐘錶呈三層亭臺式，每層挂有鈴鐺，上層松石釉觀音像，中層白琺琅羅馬及阿拉伯雙數字錶盤，下層松石釉羅漢坐像，配兩尊白瓷侍童。四層臺階式底座藏有一鐘擺形暗屜，絳紅色天鵝絨襯墊，用以收納佛珠，別具一格，匠心獨運。

Height 17 x width 8 1/4 x depth 8 1/2 in., 43.2 x 21 x 21.6 cm.

Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois

Important European and Decorative Arts, Sotheby's New York, 18 November 2011, sale n08803 lot 148.

Literature:

E. Niehüser, Die französische Bronzeuhr, Munich, 1997, p. 203, fig. 140.

G. Wannenes, Le più belle pendole francesi, Milano, 1991, p. 103.

A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Chinese Porcelain Mounted Pagoda-Form Mantel Clock

A Louis XV Style Gilt Bronze and Chinese Porcelain Mounted Pagoda-Form Mantel Clock