Lot n° 1
Estimation :
25000 - 35000
EUR
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Result
: 27 427EUR
IMPORTANT PAIR OF TORCH HOLDERS - Lot 1
IMPORTANT PAIR OF TORCH HOLDERS
Italy, circa 1780
STANDING LOVES SYMBOLIZING
SUMMER AND AUTUMN
ON A BASE WITH A FRIEZE OF POSTS
Gilded carved wood.
H. 186 cm Base. 43 cm x 43,5 cm
Chips and missing gilding.
For one (the summer), accident to the laurel garland.
Small stuccoed restorations.
- Love with a sheaf of wheat for the Summer.
- Bacchus as a child, dressed in a lion skin and topped with bunches of grapes for the Fall.
Fluted column base with a laurel garland held by three strong rings.
The base is frieze of flutes, gadroons and grooves.
On the base where is the love are carved, for one
a sickle and a pair of scissors, for the other.
These two important sculptures must have been originally
four in number.
A PAIR OF LARGE ITALIAN GILT-WOOD
CANDLE-STANDS, CIRCA 1780
STANDING CHERUBS, SYMBOLIZING SUMMER AND AUTUMN SEASONS, PEDESTAL DECORATED WITH A VITRUVIAN SCROLL
H. 73,2 in. Base. 17 in. x 17 in.
Chips and losses in gilding.
For one (Summer), a damaged tassel on the laurel wreath.
Small restorations of the gesso.
Expert : Patrick de BUTTET I patrick.de-buttet557@orange.fr
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