Lot 158 A
158 A
AN ITALIAN BRONZE of a boy standing beside a spirally-fluted column topped by the head of a man with wreath of vine leaves and lid enclosing a cavity for burning incense, on stepped rectangular base and paw feet, stamped NELLI ROMA, late 19th Century

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AN ITALIAN BRONZE of a boy standing beside a spirally-fluted column topped by the head of a man with wreath of vine leaves and lid enclosing a cavity for burning incense, on stepped rectangular base and paw feet, stamped NELLI ROMA, late 19th Century
22½in. (57cm.) high

Lot Essay

This is inspired by the antique bronze of a lamp-bearing youth in the Museum in Naples. A related version features in the late 19th Century catalogue of the bronze - founders J. Churazzi & Fils. of Naples

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