■ A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL CANDELABRES FROM THE EMPIRE... Lot 1022

■ A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL CANDELABRES FROM THE EMPIRE PERIOD FROM A MODEL FROM LOUIS-AUGUSTE HERVIEU, BEGINNING OF THE 19th CENTURY In chased and gilded bronze and patinated bronze, with six arms of light, representing a woman draped in the ancient style with wings holding in each of her hands a torch and supporting on her head a vase from which gorgon masks of griffins emerge, on which rest three owls leaning against the base of an antique lamp, the square-sectioned base decorated with ram masks, supported by lying griffins and applied with a smoking Athenian woman flanked by putti alternating with a female figure H.111 cm. (43 ¾ in.) ; L.: 34 cm. (13 ½ in.) Estimate (USD 95,248 - USD 142,873) To bid, please see the "Auction Information" section.