Lot Essay
See lot 268 for a pair of busts also cast by the Nelli foundry.
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DESIGNED AND CAST BY A. NELLI, ROME, DATED 1877
Details
An Italian bronze vase and cover, on marble plinth
Designed and cast by A. Nelli, Rome, Dated 1877
The cover surmounted by a wine-drinking putto, the fluted and scalloped edge cast with a further three drunken putti and clusters of fruit, the campana-shaped vase with egg-and-dart-cast overhanging rim, above ribbon-tied vine branches, the body cast in high relief with a ring of dancing putti each holding hands, the acanthus-cast gadrooned lower bowl with a pair of handles, each mounted with a putto, one playing pipes, the other plucking a violin, on a spreading fluted foot cast with four doves, on a square base inscribed A. Nelli, Roma 1877/Composizione, ed esecuzione and fusione a cera perduta, on a black and rosso antico marble plinth
37¾ in. (96 cm.) high, overall
Designed and cast by A. Nelli, Rome, Dated 1877
The cover surmounted by a wine-drinking putto, the fluted and scalloped edge cast with a further three drunken putti and clusters of fruit, the campana-shaped vase with egg-and-dart-cast overhanging rim, above ribbon-tied vine branches, the body cast in high relief with a ring of dancing putti each holding hands, the acanthus-cast gadrooned lower bowl with a pair of handles, each mounted with a putto, one playing pipes, the other plucking a violin, on a spreading fluted foot cast with four doves, on a square base inscribed A. Nelli, Roma 1877/Composizione, ed esecuzione and fusione a cera perduta, on a black and rosso antico marble plinth
37¾ in. (96 cm.) high, overall