3 Station Close, Potters Bar EN6 1TL
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LOT 808:
A Magnificent French 19th Century gilt bronze and champleve enamel porcelain mantel garniture - In the Japonisme ...
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5,000
Estimated price :
£5,000 - £7,000
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A Magnificent French 19th Century gilt bronze and champleve enamel porcelain mantel garniture - In the Japonisme style. Parts late 19th Century and later the clock of ovoid pedestal vase form with serpent, butterfly and prunus blossom with decoration reserved on a turquoise ground. Flanked by two seated Buddhistic lions with pierced brocade balls, the domed cover with corresponding finial. The bow-fronted oval naturalistic base raised on scroll feet with stylised pierced sharp apron. The three-inch dial with brass numerals - the brass twin train movement with outside counterwheel striking on a bell, with pendulum and key. A matching four-light, four-branch candelabra on porcelain vase supports decorated with roundels of carp, snails and dragonflies.
