AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN ORMOLU, CRYSTAL, RUBY AND CLEAR GLASS EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN ZEKH, LATE 18TH CENTURY The ruby glass vase-form corona issuing abundant ormolu rushes, each hung with cut-glass drops, above a baluster glass stem and fluted circular frame issuing scrolling branches terminating in foliate drip pans and sockets, stiff leaves, and cut-glass prisms, all hung with pendant drops, terminating in a pinecone boss, some losses and replacements 62 in. (158 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) diameter Provenance Probably supplied to Tsar Paul I for St. Michael’s Castle, St. Petersburg, 1798-1801 and subsequently moved to Empress Maria-Feodorovna’s bedroom at Pavlosk Palace. Acquired by Georges Bemberg (1892-1970) after the Russian Revolution, and then by descent until 2010. Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 17 November 2010, lot 323.
AN IMPERIAL RUSSIAN ORMOLU, CRYSTAL, RUBY AND CLEAR GLASS EIGHTEEN-LIGHT CHANDELIER ATTRIBUTED TO JOHANN ZEKH, LATE 18TH CENTURY The ruby glass vase-form corona issuing abundant ormolu rushes, each hung with cut-glass drops, above a baluster glass stem and fluted circular frame issuing scrolling branches terminating in foliate drip pans and sockets, stiff leaves, and cut-glass prisms, all hung with pendant drops, terminating in a pinecone boss, some losses and replacements 62 in. (158 cm.) high; 46 in. (117 cm.) diameter Provenance Probably supplied to Tsar Paul I for St. Michael’s Castle, St. Petersburg, 1798-1801 and subsequently moved to Empress Maria-Feodorovna’s bedroom at Pavlosk Palace. Acquired by Georges Bemberg (1892-1970) after the Russian Revolution, and then by descent until 2010. Anonymous sale; Christie's, Paris, 17 November 2010, lot 323.
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