- Pair of Firedogs
Paris, circa 1775
Attributed to Pierre Gouthiére
Gilt bronze; dark blue enamel panels
Stamped in various places with either the
letters A, E, or EA.
Height: 1 ft. 3% in. (40 cm); Width:
ι ft. 3 in. (38 cm); Depth: 5lA in. (14 cm)
Accession number 62 .DF.1.1-.2
PROVENANCE
(?) Louise-Jeanne de Durfort, <luchesse de
Mazarin, Paris (sold, Paris, December 10-15,
1781, lot 285); comtesse de Clermont-
Tonnerre, Paris (sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris,
October 10-13,1900, lot 290); private col
lection, Paris (sold, Hotel Drouot, Paris,
February 4, 1909, lot 96); Mortimer L.
Schiff, New York (sold by his heir John L.
Schiff, Christie's, London, June 22,1938, lot
45); purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Verlet et al., Chefi d'oeuvre, p. 130, illus.;
Getty, Collecting, p. 150; Ottomeyer and
Pröschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, p. 272, illus.GILT BRONZE: INKSTANDS- Inkstand and Paperweights
Paris, circa 1715
Gilt bronze
Inkstand: Height: 4% in. (10.8 cm); Width:
ι ft. 2% in. (37.2 cm); Depth: πV% in.
(28.2 cm); Paperweights: Height: 2^5 /s in.
(6.7 cm); Width: 63 A in. (16.2 cm); Depth:
4 ιλ in. (11.4 cm)
Accession number 75 .DF.6.1-.3
PROVENANCE
[Michel Meyer, Paris]; [Kraemer et Cie,
Paris, 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.179- Inkstand
Porcelain: Chinese, early eighteenth century
Lacquer: French, circa 1750
Mounts: Paris, circa 1750
Hard-paste porcelain, vernis Martin-, gilt-
bronze mounts
Height: 8 in. (20.3 cm); Width: 1 ft. 2 in.
(35.6 cm); Depth: 10τΑ in. (26.7 cm)
Accession number 76 .Di.12
PROVENANCE
[B. Fabre et Fils, Paris, 1976]; purchased by
J. Paul Getty.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Wilson et al., Mounted Oriental Porcelain,
no. 14, pp. 68-69, illu-S,
One of a pan 178180Ιθ8 FRENCH GILT BRONZE: FIREDOGS