Pair Of Regence Ormolu Chenets Second Quarter 18th Century Each With A Spread Winged Chimera

A PAIR OF REGENCE ORMOLU CHENETS SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Each with a spread winged chimera on a shaped scrolling base

These impressive chenets are each surmounted by a chimera, a much favoured model in the Régence period, which was for instance widely employed by themaître sculpteurCharles Cressent. Related chimerae appear on a drawing by theornemanisteNicolas Pineau, which is now in the Kunstbibliothek in Berlin (illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Prüschelet al.,Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich, 1986, Vol.I, p.66 fig.1.9.19). See last image here.
Charles Cressent produced chenets of a related design but with lions-carried bases. A pair from the d'Ennery collection is illustrated in A. Pradère,Charles Cressent, Dijon, 2003, p.307 no.276.

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