A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL WHITE MARBLE FIGURES OF CERES AND BACCHUS emblematic of Summer and Autumn, each wearing classical costume, partially dressed, her long hair garlanded with corn, her head tilted down, supporting a sheaf of corn in her right arm and holding flowers in her left hand; the youth with exposed chest, his long hair garlanded with vines, looking ahead, holding a large bunch of grapes in his left hand and grasping his drapery in his right, each on a square base (chips to both bases, each figure weathered), late 19th Century

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A PAIR OF MONUMENTAL WHITE MARBLE FIGURES OF CERES AND BACCHUS emblematic of Summer and Autumn, each wearing classical costume, partially dressed, her long hair garlanded with corn, her head tilted down, supporting a sheaf of corn in her right arm and holding flowers in her left hand; the youth with exposed chest, his long hair garlanded with vines, looking ahead, holding a large bunch of grapes in his left hand and grasping his drapery in his right, each on a square base (chips to both bases, each figure weathered), late 19th Century

the woman: 79½in. (200.6cm.) high
the man: 78½in. (199.4cm.) high
each base: 20in. (50.8cm.) square (2)

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