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A wonderful pair of Louis XV gilt bronze figural chenets attributed to Jacques Caffiéri (1678-1755), each with young Bacchantes, the boy eating grapes and the girl holding a cup in one hand and grapes in the other, both seated on a shell-shaped plinth garlanded with grapes within a foliate rocaille base, Paris, date circa 1745 Height 32cm, length without iron 20cm, width 40cm each. Literature: Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, “Vergoldete Bronzenâ€, 1986, p. 135, pl. 2.9.3 Illustrating similar chenets by Caffiéri with young children following adult pursuits seated on a rocaille base. http://www.richardreddingantiques.com/collection/gilt-bronze/a-wonderful-pair-of-louis-xv-gilt-bronze-figural-chenets-attributed-to-jacques-caffieri |
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