细节 A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ORMOLU CHENETSCIRCA 1700Each surmounted with a flambé finial, with three female masks between foliate cartouches enclosing portrait medallions on a spreading base with bellflower motif on scrolling feet13 in. (33 cm.) high; 7 1/2 in. (19 cm.) wide 来源 Baron Maurice de Rothschild (1881-1957), son of Edmond de Rothschild, in his castle of Armainvilliers or in his Parisian mansion located at 41 rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré; Confiscated from Maurice de Rothschilds depot at Bedel et Cie., 194, rue de Championnet, Paris, following the Nazi occupation of Paris by the Einsatzstab Reichsleiter Rosenberg after May 1940 and transferred to the Jeu de Paume (ERR no. R 1501 a, b). Sent to the Buxheim art repository, Bavaria on 19 September 1942; Recovered by the Allies in 1945, then repatriated to Paris and returned to the Rothschilds. The collection of Pierre Bordeaux-Groult (1916-2007), grandson of Camille Groult; Mes Ader, Picard and Tajan sale; Palais d´Orsay, Paris, 14 December 1979, lot 85. 注意事项 This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.This pair of chenets forming urns are related to the oeuvre of André-Charles Boulle. The urns and female masks are indeed reminiscent of those adorning chandeliers attributed to the celebrated ébéniste and bronzier, such as the one now in the musée du Louvre (inv. OA 5101). It also relates to a design by Jean Bérain (1637-1711) which depicts a similar urns supported by scrolling legs (illustrated in H. Ottomeyer, P. Proschel et al, Vergoldete Bronzen, I, Munich, 1986, p.48, fig.1.5.1). Bérain’s designs proliferated by engravings and inspired many artistes and artisans of his time, especially André-Charles Boulle who possessed in his own collection ‘dix huit livres en feuilles d’ornements de Berrain’, as indicated in his inventory after death in 1732. MAURICE DE ROTHSCHILD Maurice Edmond Charles de Rothschild (1881-1957) was the second son of Baron Edmond de Rothschild (1845-1934), the builder of the château de Pregny. In addition to his career as skilled financier and investor, Maurice created a political career for himself, serving as a senator for the Hautes-Pyrénées from 1919 and then from 1924 of the Hautes-Alpes. He followed his father into membership of the Academy of Fine Arts, in recognition of the collecting tastes he had honed during his short spell as a picture dealer. He inherited some of the Rothschilds' finest properties: on rue du Monceau and rue du Faubourg Saint Honoré in Paris, as well as Armainvilliers and Pregny, where he died on 5 September 1957.