Lot 32
32
A GERMAN ORMOLU-GREEN-PAINTED AND MAHOGANY GUERIDON, the associated circular porphyry top upon a turned spreading columnar shaft and concave-fronted triangular plinth surmounted by The Three Graces, suspending ribbon-tied garlanded swags of roses and other flowers upon claw feet with inset castors, early 19th Century, restorations to the porphyry slab

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A GERMAN ORMOLU-GREEN-PAINTED AND MAHOGANY GUERIDON, the associated circular porphyry top upon a turned spreading columnar shaft and concave-fronted triangular plinth surmounted by The Three Graces, suspending ribbon-tied garlanded swags of roses and other flowers upon claw feet with inset castors, early 19th Century, restorations to the porphyry slab
44in. (111.5cm.) diam.; 29¾in. (73cm.) high
Provenance
The Roberto Polo Collection, sold at the Direction of the Internal Revenue Service, Sotheby's New York, 3 November 1989, lot 82

Lot Essay

A Neapolitan table with closely related floral-garlanded Graces dancing upon the top is illustrated in H. Ottomeyer & P. Proschel, Vergoldete Bronzen, Munich 1986, p.405, fig. 5.19.9.

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