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Lot 565

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

A French Gilt Bronze and Marble Lyre-Form Clock, Bourdier
19TH CENTURY

十九世紀 法國銅鍍金太陽神里拉琴式神秘鈡
標記:BOURDIER A PARIS
the lyre form frame surmounted with a mask centered sunburst over a foliate swag, the enameled dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes and seconds, signed BOURDIER A PARIS, set on an oval swag decorated and beaded base, the whole raised on toupie feet.

法王路易十四自號太陽王,自那以後,太陽神就成了宮廷裝飾藝術品中不可或缺的元素。這件鐘錶頂部為太陽神阿波羅頭像,襯以背芒,下設一橫棖,墜著繁複精密的機芯與環狀錶盤,乍一看不知如何使之運轉——其實只要稍稍推動錶盤,神秘鈡即開始運轉,穩住錶盤,則停止走動,是爲“神秘鈡”。鈡身為路易十六時期風靡的里拉琴造型,飾滿玫瑰花、葡萄葉和連珠紋,白石束腰座與白琺琅錶盤相應,顯得華美而不失穩重。同樣造型的鐘錶可見承德避暑山莊藏“十八世紀法國嵌白石座自鳴鐘”,但本鈡的結構更爲精巧,製作難度更高。
Height 20 x width 7 x depth 5 1/4 in., 50.8 x 17.8 x 13.3 cm.

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

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