Lot 114
114
A PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED VARIEGATED MARBLE COLUMNS each surmounted by a bronze figure of Antinous upon a laurel-cast stepped circular plinth, the square galleried top above a plain collar and turned spreading shaft upon a laurel-cast stepped socle and square black slate plinth base

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED RED VARIEGATED MARBLE COLUMNS each surmounted by a bronze figure of Antinous upon a laurel-cast stepped circular plinth, the square galleried top above a plain collar and turned spreading shaft upon a laurel-cast stepped socle and square black slate plinth base
323/4in. (83.5cm.) (2)

Lot Essay

The 'graceful' figure of Antinous is inspired by the celebrated AD117-38 marble of Antinous as Osiris, found at Emperor Hadrian's villa at Tivoli and now in the Vatican Museum (inv.22795)

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