A 19th century Italian bronze bust, after the Antique, of Plato, on a giallo antico socle, attributed to the Chiurazzi foundry -- 15¼in. (38cm.) high, overall.

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A 19th century Italian bronze bust, after the Antique, of Plato, on a giallo antico socle, attributed to the Chiurazzi foundry -- 15¼in. (38cm.) high, overall.

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The Chiurazzi firm was a prolific and well established foundry, operating in Naples from the begining of the 19th century. The foundry specialised in fine and highly chiselled casts amongst which they produced a range of busts after the Antique. The present bust of Plato was based on an Antique head discovered at Herculaneum in 1741; this model was produced in different sizes.