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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF VENETIAN ROCOCO STYLE PARCEL-GILT AND POLYCHROME-DECORATED BLACKAMOOR FIGURES ON STANDS
Late 19th/early 20th century
Each standing figure dressed as a courtier with a hand raised and holding a torchere aloft, the other arm oustretched and probably originally holding a spear, on a simulated oil lamp, the marbelized columnar stands hung with red-painted cloth, on a spreading octagonal base, inscribed in black paint FABBRICANTE/DONADINI/GUSTAVO/S.S.APOSTALI/VENEZIA
62in. (157.5cm.) high, 16½in. (42cm.) wide (2)
Late 19th/early 20th century
Each standing figure dressed as a courtier with a hand raised and holding a torchere aloft, the other arm oustretched and probably originally holding a spear, on a simulated oil lamp, the marbelized columnar stands hung with red-painted cloth, on a spreading octagonal base, inscribed in black paint FABBRICANTE/DONADINI/GUSTAVO/S.S.APOSTALI/VENEZIA
62in. (157.5cm.) high, 16½in. (42cm.) wide (2)