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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 十八世紀
鎏金銅嵌琺瑯料石雙柱轉花容鏡音樂鐘
A MAGNIFICENT SWISS ORMOLU, ENAMEL-
MOUNTED AND PASTE-SET STRIKING AND 來源：
MUSICAL ‘DRESSING TABLE’ PORTICO 東京根津美術館收藏
CLOCK 香港佳士得2008年5月27日，編號1506
18TH CENTURY

of lavish portico design, the breakfront base resting on eight
toupee feet and modelled with two drawers flanking a central
guilloché panel decorated in gold, blue, green and red metal
foils against a rich royal blue ground, depicting floral sprays
flanking an oval medallion enclosing a vase of floral blooms,
each front of the drawers with a red and white paste-set finial,
all bordered with a beaded edge and resting on three further
guilloché panels, the top of the base decorated with eight
chain-linked neoclassical vases, surrounding a central replaced
mount modelled as an eagle standing on rockwork in the form
of a bear’s head, flanked by a pair of columns and plinths
similarly delicately decorated with guilloché panels and paste
gems depicting florets and foliage, each column surmounted
by an ormolu vase issuing paste-set silver floral sprigs and
decorated on the exterior with upright lappets, flanking a
similar central vessel with paste-set silver floral sprays resting
on the clock, the dial with a red and white paste-set bezel over
a white enamel dial with dot minute track, Roman hours and
Arabic quarters, encircling the pierced hands, the music work
in the centre of the base
61.5 cm, 24⅛ in.

PROVENANCE

Collection of Nezu Museum, Tokyo.
Christie’s Hong Kong, 27th May 2008, lot 1506.

HK$ 3,000,000-4,000,000
US$ 384,000-515,000

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