Pair of firedogs

Unknown

ca. 1750 · Gilt bronze, brass · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The model of these chenets in the chinoiserie style, incorporating a Chinese couple and parrots, was apparently very popular since many eighteenth as well as nineteenth century versions are known today. Lazare Duvaux (c. 1703-1758), one of the Parisian marchands merciers who dealt in luxury objects such as gilt-bronze furnishings, sold a pair of fire dogs with Chinese figures to the Marquise de la Ferrière in August of 1756. It may have been a set of this design.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1750

Medium

Gilt bronze, brass

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1972