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Taste & Connoisseurship: The Chinese Porcelain Company - September 18, 2025

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Since its founding in 1984, The Chinese Porcelain Company has remained at the pinnacle of taste and connoisseurship in the world of art and antiques. Stewarded by Pierre Durand and Khalil Rizk, the gallery’s focus has been on quality above all, from Old Master paintings to European furniture, Venetian glass to contemporary artisan-designed objects and Asian works of art. Together, their partnership created one of New York’s most prestigious venues for sourcing rare and beautiful fine and decorative arts.  STAIR internetrequests@stairgalleries.com
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Near Pair of Empire Ormolu and Patinated-Bronze Tête de Genie Candlesticks, Attributed to Claude Galle
  • Taste & Connoisseurship: The Chinese Porcelain Company
Lot 681

Near Pair of Empire Ormolu and Patinated-Bronze Tête de Genie Candlesticks, Attributed to Claude Galle

Estimate: $2,500 - $5,000
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$1,500
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12 1/4 x 6 in. diam.

 

Literature: Marie-France Dupuy-Baylet, L'heure, le feu, la lumiere, Bronze du Gaurde-Meuble Imperial et Royal 1800-1870, pg. 82. Three pairs of this candlestick model were bought for the Hall of Thrones in the Palace of Fontainebleau, France.

 

Note: Claude Galle (1757-1815) is regarded as a very accomplished Parisian bronzier in the late 18th and early 19th century. He worked collaboratively with Pierre-Philippe Thomire while having his own workshop and trading house of 400 craftsman. He was awarded French royal commissions for the Palais des Tuileries, Chateau de Compiegne, the Petit Trianon and Grand Trianon in Versailles. And most notably a Russian royal commission for the Czar for a pair of Empire ewers. These are located at Pavlovsk Palace, St. Petersburg in one of the great halls. Galle was also awarded a large commission from Napoleon Bonaparte for the Chateau de St. Cloud. Many of his pieces can be seen in museum collections such as Musee National du Chateau de Malmaison, Musee Marmottan in Paris, The Residenz in Munich and the Victorian and Albert Museum in London. Claude Galle died in 1815 after which his son Gerard-Jean Galle (1788-1846) continued the business.

Condition

Both in good condition, re-gilt and beautifully cast with minor wear and rubbing to the gilding throughout. 

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