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A PAIR OF BRONZE MARLY HORSES, cast after the models by Guillaume Coustou, each horse with a fleece on its back and rearing up on its hind legs, its groom straining to control it, each on a naturalistic base signed Coustou, late 19th Century

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A PAIR OF BRONZE MARLY HORSES, cast after the models by Guillaume Coustou, each horse with a fleece on its back and rearing up on its hind legs, its groom straining to control it, each on a naturalistic base signed Coustou, late 19th Century

each group: 15¾in. (40cm.) wide; 19¾in. (50.2cm.) high; 7½in. (19cm.) deep (2)

拍品專文

Originally sculpted from marble by Guillaume Coustou the Younger between the years 1740 and 1745, the Marly Horses were positioned at the entrance to the Marly Park riding school. They now stand at the entrance to the Champs Elysée, Paris.