A GEORGE II SIENA, JASPER AND STATUARY MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, attributed to Sir Henry Cheere, Bt., the breakfront shelf with ogee moulded edge above foliate and egg-and-dart bands, the conjoined Ionic columns supporting the entablature embellished with a flower head to each end, centred by a projecting bas-relief carved tablet of a pastoral scene depicting a shepherd standing amongst his flock with a cow, whilst a woman and child stand to his left with a playful dog at their feet, the background with the setting sun and shepherds herding their flock into a pen, and flanked to each side by Jasper spar panels, the hearth moulding carved with egg-and-dart, circa 1755

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A GEORGE II SIENA, JASPER AND STATUARY MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, attributed to Sir Henry Cheere, Bt., the breakfront shelf with ogee moulded edge above foliate and egg-and-dart bands, the conjoined Ionic columns supporting the entablature embellished with a flower head to each end, centred by a projecting bas-relief carved tablet of a pastoral scene depicting a shepherd standing amongst his flock with a cow, whilst a woman and child stand to his left with a playful dog at their feet, the background with the setting sun and shepherds herding their flock into a pen, and flanked to each side by Jasper spar panels, the hearth moulding carved with egg-and-dart, circa 1755
79½in. (202cm) high; 62in. (157.5cm.) wide; 12in. (30cm.) deep

Lot Essay

See footnote to lot 86.

A related pastoral tablet and animal sculpture appear on a chimneypiece frieze at Biggin Hall, Northamptonshire (A. Kelly, English Fireplaces, 1968, fig. 55).

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