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AN ITALIAN ALABASTER GROUP OF YOUNG LOVERS ENTITLED 'PRIMO BACIO' AND PEDESTAL, by Cesare Lapini, the couple standing, wearing rustic costume, he with a tasseled cap, his right arm around the waist of the girl, clasping her left hand in his, trying to kiss her, her right hand obstructing him as she turns away shyly, on a circular naturalistic base signed C. LAPINI FIRENZE 1889 and with the title PRIMO BACIO, on a verde antico marble pedestal, the revolving top with a moulded edge, carved to the underside with acanthus leaves, above the tapering column carved to the front with a spray of flowers and with fluted lower part, on a circular waisted socle and octagonal plinth (minor chips), circa 1889
细节
AN ITALIAN ALABASTER GROUP OF YOUNG LOVERS ENTITLED 'PRIMO BACIO' AND PEDESTAL, by Cesare Lapini, the couple standing, wearing rustic costume, he with a tasseled cap, his right arm around the waist of the girl, clasping her left hand in his, trying to kiss her, her right hand obstructing him as she turns away shyly, on a circular naturalistic base signed C. LAPINI FIRENZE 1889 and with the title PRIMO BACIO, on a verde antico marble pedestal, the revolving top with a moulded edge, carved to the underside with acanthus leaves, above the tapering column carved to the front with a spray of flowers and with fluted lower part, on a circular waisted socle and octagonal plinth (minor chips), circa 1889
the group: 33in. (84cm.) high; 11¼in. (28.5cm.) diameter at base
the pedestal: 39in. (99cm.) high (2)
the group: 33in. (84cm.) high; 11¼in. (28.5cm.) diameter at base
the pedestal: 39in. (99cm.) high (2)