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Cette pendule témoigne d'un engouement prononcé aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles pour l'exotisme. Rhinocéros, lions et éléphants sont décrits par des explorateurs et plus rarement présents dans des ménageries européennes ou encore offerts en cadeau diplomatique comme le fameux rhinocéros arrivé à Rotterdam en 1741 puis de passage à Versailles en 1749. L'éléphant acquiert quant à lui une aura particulière suite au cadeau du roi de Siam à Louis XIV d'un éléphant en 1686. Leurs images se diffusent auprès des artistes qui s'empressent de les incorporer dans les arts décoratifs, notamment pour des pendules. Une pendule du même modèle est conservée au Victoria and Albert Museum, datée d’entre 1742 et 1745 (n° inv 1008:1-1882), une autre a été vendue chez Christie's Paris pour 420 000 € le 19 décembre 2007, lot n°350.
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The website illustrations are accurate. There are the inevitable minor dents, marks, scratches and rubbing. The dial : As stated in the catalogue, the dial is associated. There are some chips to the two holes and to the edges. With minor hairline cracks especially one very minor near the '25'. The front glass has been changed. Gilding : There are some minor dents, rubbing and some signs of tarnishing and black spots especially to the figure of the top and to the base. There are some rubbing with pink coloration areas especially to the left side of the clock box and to the back door probably due to oxidation. There are some rubbing to the exposed areas especially to the foliate decor. There are some very minor casting flaws especially to the central flower of the left side. Patinated bronze: there are some minor wears especially to the exposed areas like the trunk and the tale as expected. Please note that this condition report has been written from a work of art and not a time-measuring object point of view. Therefore, this lot has not been checked by a professional clockmaker.
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Lot 633Sale 22145
SIGNATURE DE LOUIS GORET, MILIEU DU XVIIIE SIECLEPENDULE A L'ELEPHANT D'ÉPOQUE LOUIS XVEstimate: EUR 40,000 - 60,000
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