Pierre-Philippe Thomire French, 1731-1843
An Empire centre piece by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, Paris, date circa 1815
Gilt bronze
Height 49 cm, width at the top 30 cm.
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An exceptional Empire gilt bronze centrepiece by Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843)
Paris, date circa 1815
Height 49 cm, width at the top 30 cm.
The three female sphinx caryatids compare with those on a sweet-meat stand by Thomire of 1820 in the Rosenberg Castle, Copenhagen, illustrated in Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, "Vergoldete Bronzen", 1986, p. 385, pl. 6.16.8