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ITALIAN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF PARCEL-GILT BRONZE FIGURES OF THE FARNESE HERCULES AND SILENUS WITH THE INFANT BACCHUS
ITALIAN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each on integrally-cast naturalistic plinths and associated Régence ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid tortoiseshell and ebonised wood Boulle bases; medium brown patina with lighter high points; the gilding later; minor damages to the bases
12¾ in. (32 cm.) high, overall (2)
ITALIAN, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each on integrally-cast naturalistic plinths and associated Régence ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid tortoiseshell and ebonised wood Boulle bases; medium brown patina with lighter high points; the gilding later; minor damages to the bases
12¾ in. (32 cm.) high, overall (2)
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Provenance for this pair of figures: Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 18 April 1989, lot 157.