Name: Psyché Retour d’Egypte - Table mirror - mahogany
Brand: Psyché Retour d’Egypte

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Charming mahogany table psyche mirror simulating the entrance of a temple. The pediment is supported by two Egyptian figures in draped garments, each wearing the Nemes, with heads and feet in gilded and patinated bronze.
In the center of it, a patinated bronze mascaron with the head of a priestess in a crown of olive leaves.
The whole rests on semicircular feet.
With its mercury mirror showing losses to the silvering.
Empire-Consulate period.
Good condition with old restorations (on the upper left and right sides and on the base of the apex).
Back cover previously replaced.

Charmant miroir psyché de table en acajou simulant l’entrée d’un temple. Le fronton soutenu par deux égyptiennes en gaines, chacune coiffée du Némès, avec têtes et pieds en bronze doré et patiné. 
Au centre de ce dernier, un mascaron en bronze patiné à tête de prêtresse dans une couronne de feuilles d’olivier.
L’ensemble repose sur des pieds en hémicycle.
Avec son miroir au mercure avec des manques au tain.

Époque Empire-Consulat.

Bel état de conservation avec d’anciennes restaurations ( sur les côtés haut gauche et droite et sur la plinthe du sommet )
Cache arrière anciennement changé. 

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Psyché Retour d’Egypte - Table mirror  - mahogany

France -   - 1800-1850

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Empire-Consulate period mahogany table mirror by Psyché Retour d’Egypte, measuring 56 cm high by 40.5 cm wide and 26 cm deep, with a 33.5 × 25.5 cm inner glass, in France, showing bronze gilt and patinated details and a mercury mirror with wear and age-related stains; the fronton is supported by two Egyptian figures and a central bronze patera, and the piece rests on semicircular feet, in good overall condition with ancient repairs.

Psyché Retour d’Egypte - Table mirror - mahogany

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