A pair of 19th century Neapolitan green patinated bronze figures of the Dancing Faun with cymbals; and the Dancing Faun of Pompeii -- 21½in. (54cm); and 30in. (76cm) high, respectively, on rectangular slate plinths. (2)

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A pair of 19th century Neapolitan green patinated bronze figures of the Dancing Faun with cymbals; and the Dancing Faun of Pompeii -- 21½in. (54cm); and 30in. (76cm) high, respectively, on rectangular slate plinths. (2)

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The Antique prototype of the Faun with cymbals was recorded in the mid-17th century as being in the collection of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Florence. The Pompeii Faun was discovered, amidst great excitement, in 1830. It was immediately housed in the Museo Borbonico.
See Taste and the Antique, Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny.

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