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Lot 515: FIGURE REPRESENTANT AMPHITRITE

Est: €30,000 EUR - €50,000 EURSold:
Christie'sParis, FranceFebruary 23, 2009

Item Overview

Description

FIGURE REPRESENTANT AMPHITRITE
D'APRES MICHEL ANGUIER (1612-1686), FIN DU XVIIEME OU DEBUT DU XVIIIEME SIECLE
En bronze, représentée nue, debout en contrapposte, tenant un homard dans la main gauche, un dauphin à ses pieds; reposant sur une base rectangulaire entièrement moulée, et un socle d'époque postérieure en marbre vert de forme rectangulaire et à gradins; patine brun noir à rehauts brun-chocolat, petits éclats au socle
Hauteur: 36 cm. (14¼ in.)

Artist or Maker

Notes

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT payable at 19.6% (5.5% for books) will be added to the buyer’s premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis
Voir également la notice du lot 410.

A BRONZE FIGURE OF AMPHITRITE
AFTER MICHEL ANGUIER (1612-1686), LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY
Depicted nude, standing in contrapposto with a lobster in her left hand and a dolphin at her feet, on an integrally cast rectangular plinth and later rectangular stepped green marble base; blackish brown patina with chocolate brown high points; very minor chips to base

See also the note to lot 410.

Auction Details

Collection Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé

by
Christie's
February 23, 2009, 07:00 PM CET

9 Avenue Matignon, Paris, 75008, FR