Lot 29: - A pair of gilt-bronze chenets Louis XIV, late 17th century

each with a recumbent sphinx on a shaped plinth with scrolled corbels terminating in fluted toupie feet, the opposing end with a baluster urn and cover This pair of chenets with recumbent sphinxes are based upon two designs attributed to the sculptor Nicolas Coustou (1658-1733), reputedly for lead sphinxes which stood on the terrace of the Royal Pavilion at Marly, now in the Cabinet of Drawings at the Stockholm Museum.

each: 30cm. high; 1ft.