A pair of Louis XVI bronze terms

A pair of Louis XVI bronze terms, in the form of naked Bacchanalian figures of a man and a woman each with a grapevine in their hair, both draped, he with a lion's pelt on tapering stems, decorated with a mask and an ewer, musical instruments and trophies, the backs stamped '16 922' and initials 'T.F.',79cm high, 40cm wide. (2)

See Pierre Verlet, Les Bronzes Dores Francais, pp.341-342.

Provenance: Purchased from Elliott & Snowden, Olympia Fine Art & Antiques Fair, March 1999. From the collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.