Clock known as "au portefaix - Lot 346

Lot 346
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Result : 5 200EUR
Clock known as "au portefaix - Lot 346
Clock known as "au portefaix in patinated and gilded bronze representing a Nubian bust and bare feet, wearing a hat, a gourd attached to his waist, leaning on a bamboo cane and carrying a woven basket in which is inscribed the enamelled dial with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic for the minutes. It rests on an oval base decorated with two small baskets in which two birds are pecking and two palm branches between which a monkey is resting on a rope, finished with small runners. H. 36 x 27 x 10 cm (wear of the gilding in places, missing a screw to fix the strap, small missing on the dial, missing movement) This model was made after a watercolor drawing by Jean-André Reiche deposited in January 1808 and kept in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (inv.LD 4127).
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