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• Auction House:
  Shapiro Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Fine Furniture, Paintings and Decorative Arts | Including a Significant Collection of Asian Arts
• Sale Date:
  23 Feb 2020 ~ 1pm (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  118
• Lot Description:
  Empire Patinated and Gilt-bronze and Marble Clock, Attributed to Pierre Philippe Thomire, c. 1805
  surmounted by a patinated bronze of Eros and Psyche lying on a cloud, above the Arch of Heaven decorated with the Zodiac signs, rising from cloud formations surrounding the earth, the clock face framed by a sunburst, gilded dial with black Roman numerals, eight-day anchor escapement movement, raised on cast bronze feet of Aeolus blowing upwards to support a verd antique marble base
  height 66 cm width 62 cm
• Provenance:
  The Collection of John P. Rogan, Private Collection, Sydney
• Notes:
  Pierre-Philippe Thomire was a sculptor and one of the most important French bronziers of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. He was the main supplier of bronze for the French king and later the imperial palaces. Examples of Thomire works are found in important private and museum collections around the world, including the Louvre and the MET Museum.
• Estimate:
  A$20,000 - 30,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Clocks & Watches

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