AN IRISH GEORGE III WHITE AND SIENA MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, the rectangular shelf with a moulded edge, above a frieze with a central tablet carved with a putto leaning against an urn, a dog at his feet, the endblocks each with a ribbon-tied trophy, the jambs each with a fluted pilaster, on a block foot (the shelf and plinth blocks later, restorations, chips & repairs), late 18th century | Christie's

Lot 732

732

AN IRISH GEORGE III WHITE AND SIENA MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, the rectangular shelf with a moulded edge, above a frieze with a central tablet carved with a putto leaning against an urn, a dog at his feet, the endblocks each with a ribbon-tied trophy, the jambs each with a fluted pilaster, on a block foot (the shelf and plinth blocks later, restorations, chips & repairs), late 18th century

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AN IRISH GEORGE III WHITE AND SIENA MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE, the rectangular shelf with a moulded edge, above a frieze with a central tablet carved with a putto leaning against an urn, a dog at his feet, the endblocks each with a ribbon-tied trophy, the jambs each with a fluted pilaster, on a block foot (the shelf and plinth blocks later, restorations, chips & repairs), late 18th century
74in. (188cm.) wide; 57¼in. (145.4cm.) high; 6½in. (16.5cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The tablet recalls Ovid's Loves of the Gods, and depicts Cupid attending Adonis's sacred urn accompanied by a hound, the pilaster trophies incorporating Cupid's weapons

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