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Pair of Candlesticks with Sleeping Pheasants
(18th and 19th Centuries )
Each candlestick takes the form of a sleeping pheasant on a branch of a leafless tree. Barye occasionally incorporated birds such as pheasants and storks into his decorative works. These pieces were cast after Barye's death by the bronze founder Hector Brame, who purchased the models at the artist's estate sale in 1876. The hard-paste porcelain bases were probably made in Paris.
Inscription
Provenance
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William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 10 7/8 x W: 7 3/4 x D: 4 7/8 in. (27.62 x 19.69 x 12.38 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
VO.113 (27.128, 27.129)