A PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDELABRA

A PAIR OF FRENCH LOUIS XVI GILT AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDELABRA

AFTER CLAUDE MICHEL, KNOWN AS CLODION (FLEMISH 1738-1812), LATE 18TH CENTURY

each modelled with a dancing infant Bacchus, with a vine leaf loin cloth supporting a pair of spiral fluted cornucopiae, filled with grapes and vine leaves, with a detachable drip-pan, standing on a rocky base, one with a tambourine, the other with a sack, each on a white marble plinth, with a ribbon tied laurel wreath band (2)

44cm high