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A PAIR OF BRONZE PUTTI
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A PAIR OF BRONZE PUTTI
VENETIAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY, WORKSHOP OF NICOLO ROCCATAGLIATA
Mounted as andirons, the putti holding aloft grape clusters in opposing hands, similar clusters in the lowered hands, both sitting atop a circular nozzle with egg-and-dart rim and acanthus body resting on a three-handled urn cast with cherub masks supported on the shoulders of nereids wearing fish-head helmets flanking a putto astride a dolphin, the iron log support protruding to the rear (lower section and log support later) ----- 23in. (58.4cm.) high, rich blackish-brown patina (2)
VENETIAN, LATE 16TH CENTURY, WORKSHOP OF NICOLO ROCCATAGLIATA
Mounted as andirons, the putti holding aloft grape clusters in opposing hands, similar clusters in the lowered hands, both sitting atop a circular nozzle with egg-and-dart rim and acanthus body resting on a three-handled urn cast with cherub masks supported on the shoulders of nereids wearing fish-head helmets flanking a putto astride a dolphin, the iron log support protruding to the rear (lower section and log support later) ----- 23in. (58.4cm.) high, rich blackish-brown patina (2)