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An important allegorical clock from the Louis XV period.
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An important allegorical clock from the Louis XV period.
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Lot no. 149
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An important allegorical clock from the Louis XV period.
Porcelain and gilt bronze "au temps" clock forming a candelabra with four arms of light.
Porcelain group, notably from Meissen, after a model created by Johann Joachim KANDLER representing Chronos on a rock, a putto at his feet, holding a scythe in his right hand and a medallion in his left hand.
The chased and gilt bronze foliated rocaille base features branches in patinated sheet metal and flowers in polychrome porcelain. The white enamelled dial is signed "GILLES L'AINE A PARIS" and set in an ormolu bezel chased with acanthus scrolls and shells.
The movement also signed Gilles L'Ainé in Paris.
H.81cm- W.66 cm- D.34 cm. With a balance wheel and 2 keys.
(Minor accidents, missing parts and restorations).
Johan Joachim Kändler (1706-1775)
Trained as a sculptor, the Elector of Saxony, Frederick Augustus, appointed him first court sculptor in 1730, and in 1731 he was taken on as a master modeller at the Meissen manufactory, where he became chief modeller and worked until his death in 1775.
He was responsible for the development of statuary in Meissen.
Inspired in particular by nature, he raised the production of sculpted objects to its highest level of virtuosity.
In Germany, his sculptures are on display at the Bavarian National Museum and in the Dresden porcelain collection at the Zwinger Palace.
Some of his works are in the museum collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Getty Museum, the Rijksmuseum and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Pierre Gilles dit L' Ainé was awarded the title of Master Watchmaker in 1746.
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