A CARVED WHITE MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, the breakfront shelf with a moulded edge, above a fluted frieze centred by a tablet with a relief emblematic of the Science of Agriculture, the endblocks each with a festive putto blowing a trumpet, above Greek Ionic columns, each on a block foot, (chips; repairs; some staining; with later white marble and porphyry inlaid hearth) | Christie's

Lot 714

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A CARVED WHITE MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, the breakfront shelf with a moulded edge, above a fluted frieze centred by a tablet with a relief emblematic of the Science of Agriculture, the endblocks each with a festive putto blowing a trumpet, above Greek Ionic columns, each on a block foot, (chips; repairs; some staining; with later white marble and porphyry inlaid hearth)

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A CARVED WHITE MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, the breakfront shelf with a moulded edge, above a fluted frieze centred by a tablet with a relief emblematic of the Science of Agriculture, the endblocks each with a festive putto blowing a trumpet, above Greek Ionic columns, each on a block foot, (chips; repairs; some staining; with later white marble and porphyry inlaid hearth)
75in. (190.5cm.) wide; 59¼in. (150.5cm) high; 23¼in. (59cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The central tablet of this chimneypiece depicts Ceres, goddess of Agriculture, wearing corn husks in her hair, bearing a basket, scythe and drill, instructing youths who dig and sow.

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