Lot 113: Design for a wine cooler with snake handles and a frieze of snakes and rosettes

Name: Design for a wine cooler with snake handles and a frieze of snakes and rosettes
Brand: Christie's
SKU: z5w6ggbsly

Est: £2,000 GBP - £3,000 GBPSold:

Christie'sLondon, United KingdomMay 22, 2008

Item Overview

Description

Jean-Guillaume Moitte (Paris 1746-1810)
Design for a wine cooler with snake handles and a frieze of snakes and rosettes
black lead, pen and grey ink, grey wash
12 1/8 x 12 5/8 in. (30.7 x 32 cm.)

Artist or Maker

Jean Guillaume Moitte

Literature

G. Gramaccini, Jean-Guillaume Moitte (1746-1810): Leben Und Werk, Berlin, 1993, II, p. 65, no. 159.14

Provenance

Henri Auguste, until 1810.
J.B.C. Odiot.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 26 November 1979, lot 629.

Auction Details

West ~ East - The Niall Hobhouse Collection

Christie's

May 22, 2008, 10:30 AM GMT

8 King Street, St. James's, London, LDN, SW1Y 6QT, UK

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