PROBABLY FROM THE WORKSHOPS OF BENEDETTO BOSCHETTI, MID 19TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN 'ROSSO ANTICO' MARBLE MODEL OF AN ANTIQUE OIL LAMP
Probably from the workshops of Benedetto Boschetti, mid 19th Century
The finial modelled as an owl above the lobed spherical well, with bacchic masks to the sides and scalloped projections to the spout, with inverted dolphin terminal, and handle modelled as a dragon, the spreading acanthus-wrapped socle above a rectangular marmo nero belgio plinth with canted angles, inset with panels of classical figures, on a stepped marmo verde antico plinth; on a further later variegated verde antico marble pedestal (as illustrated on page 53), 20th Century
34in. (86.4cm.) high, overall, 23½in. (59.7cm.) wide
The lamp -- 21in. (53.4cm.) high
The plinth -- 13in. (33cm.) high
The later pedestal -- 30¾in. (78cm.) high, the plateau -- 13in. (33cm.) square
TOGETHER WITH A VARIEGATED MARBLE PLINTH
20th century, Of rectangular outline with stepped square base
30¾in. (78cm.) high, the plateau 13in. (33cm.) square (2)

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Lot Essay

The 'Roman lamp' vase, crowned by Minerva's owl, is formed as a reed-enriched shell with the deity's 'draco' handle and 'Venus' dolphin spout. Its altar pedestal is enriched with tablets of mer-figures riding mythical chimera. A related vase in the Mario Praz collection is also signed by Benedetto Boschetti (d.c.1870), who established his celebrated Rome workshops in 1820 and was a contributor to the London 1851 Exhibition. ( A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto, Roma e il Regno delle Due Sicilie, Milan, 1984, vol 11, fig 287).

See also lots 33 and 106.

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