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Lot 553

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$10,000 - 15,000
Price Realized
$11,250
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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

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