A PAIR OF PLASTER LARGE TORCHERES

CIRCA 1900, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

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A PAIR OF PLASTER LARGE TORCHERES
CIRCA 1900, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
Each decorated with a central band of Bacchantes amidst fluted and imbricated bands above an acanthus baluster and lion's paw feet
109 in. (277 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Historic Plaster Casts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby's New York, 28 February 2006, lot 96.

Literature

T. Brittain-Catlin, 'True to Form', World of Interiors, October 2010, pp. 66-72.
M. Binney, 'Aynhoe Park', Country Life, July 2008, p. 83.
R.Frederiksen-E.Marchand. Plaster Casts, Berlin-New York, 2010, p. 631, fig. 35.5.

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Lot Essay

The Roman marble original of circa 100 AD is in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
One is illustrated in situ in the cast gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York circa 1907, see the illustration accompanying lots 21 and 22 in this sale.

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