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ATe louiS XVi gilT Bronze AnD enAMelleD SKeleTon
clocK WiTH TWo DiAlS – circA 1790
Blue and gold enamel, and white, black and painted marble
Signed ridel Paris on an enamelled plaque
Height: 50 cm. (19 ¾ in.) Width: 28.5 cm. (11 ¼ in.) Depth: 14.8 cm. (5 ¾ in.)
The upper dial indicates the phases of the moon.
The lower dial indicates the hours, minutes, seconds and date in Arabic numerals and the day of the week and
corresponding planetary symbol, with pierced and engraved gilt brass and blued steel hands. The circular
movement has an ankle escapement and knife-suspended sun pendulum and chimes the hours and half-hours
by means of a count-wheel mounted on the back-plate.
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
Several similar clocks are known:
one at the Musée carnavalet in Paris, which has a decimal upper dial
one in the Diane collection, described and illustrated in giacomo et Aurélie Wannenes, Les plus belles pendules
françaises de Louis XIV à l’Empire, Florence: edition Polistampa, 2013, p. 299
Another in the Diane collection, reproduced in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française, Paris:
editions de l’Amateur, 1997, pp. 318-319.
A louiS XiV gilT Bronze-MounTeD cHineSe FAMille VerTe
PorcelAin lArge rAFrAicHiSSoir – circA 1700-1710
The porcelain Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Height: 22.5 cm. (8 ¾ in.) Width: 30 cm. (11 ¾ in.) Depth: 26 cm. (10 ¼ in.)
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
For a pair of Kangxi Period porcelain covered rafraichissoirs with identical mounts in the getty Museum, see
gillian Wilson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, los Angeles, 1999, pp. 30-32, no. 3 (ill.).
A louiS XiV gilT Bronze-MounTeD AriTA PorcelAin THree-
HAnDleD rAFrAicHiSSoir – circA 1700-1710
The Japanese porcelain late 17th / early 18th century
Height: 21 cm. (8 ¼ in.) Diameter of neck: 20.5 cm. (8 in.)
ProVenAnce
collection of Baron S. de lopez-Tarragoya, sold Ader Picard, Paris, 21 June 1971, lot 12
This wine cooler has the unusual feature of three handles instead of the two normally found on this form.
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
For a pair of Kangxi Period porcelain covered rafraichissoirs with identical mounts in the getty Museum, see
gillian Wilson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, los Angeles, 1999, pp. 30-32, no. 3 (ill.).
(The porcelain restored)
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clocK WiTH TWo DiAlS – circA 1790
Blue and gold enamel, and white, black and painted marble
Signed ridel Paris on an enamelled plaque
Height: 50 cm. (19 ¾ in.) Width: 28.5 cm. (11 ¼ in.) Depth: 14.8 cm. (5 ¾ in.)
The upper dial indicates the phases of the moon.
The lower dial indicates the hours, minutes, seconds and date in Arabic numerals and the day of the week and
corresponding planetary symbol, with pierced and engraved gilt brass and blued steel hands. The circular
movement has an ankle escapement and knife-suspended sun pendulum and chimes the hours and half-hours
by means of a count-wheel mounted on the back-plate.
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
Several similar clocks are known:
one at the Musée carnavalet in Paris, which has a decimal upper dial
one in the Diane collection, described and illustrated in giacomo et Aurélie Wannenes, Les plus belles pendules
françaises de Louis XIV à l’Empire, Florence: edition Polistampa, 2013, p. 299
Another in the Diane collection, reproduced in Pierre Kjellberg, Encyclopédie de la pendule française, Paris:
editions de l’Amateur, 1997, pp. 318-319.
A louiS XiV gilT Bronze-MounTeD cHineSe FAMille VerTe
PorcelAin lArge rAFrAicHiSSoir – circA 1700-1710
The porcelain Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Height: 22.5 cm. (8 ¾ in.) Width: 30 cm. (11 ¾ in.) Depth: 26 cm. (10 ¼ in.)
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
For a pair of Kangxi Period porcelain covered rafraichissoirs with identical mounts in the getty Museum, see
gillian Wilson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, los Angeles, 1999, pp. 30-32, no. 3 (ill.).
A louiS XiV gilT Bronze-MounTeD AriTA PorcelAin THree-
HAnDleD rAFrAicHiSSoir – circA 1700-1710
The Japanese porcelain late 17th / early 18th century
Height: 21 cm. (8 ¼ in.) Diameter of neck: 20.5 cm. (8 in.)
ProVenAnce
collection of Baron S. de lopez-Tarragoya, sold Ader Picard, Paris, 21 June 1971, lot 12
This wine cooler has the unusual feature of three handles instead of the two normally found on this form.
coMPArATiVe liTerATure
For a pair of Kangxi Period porcelain covered rafraichissoirs with identical mounts in the getty Museum, see
gillian Wilson, Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum, los Angeles, 1999, pp. 30-32, no. 3 (ill.).
(The porcelain restored)
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