Lot Essay
Inspired by Ovid's, Metamorphoses, this festive horn-trumpeting satyr and his tinkling companion harvest fruit and celebrate the Feast of the wine and fertility deity Bacchus.
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FRENCH, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF BRONZE MODELS OF BACCHANTES
FRENCH, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
The male bacchante playing a horn, the female bacchante playing a xylophone and with a basket of fruit to her side; each on an integrally cast naturalistic plinth and associated square ormolu-mounted marble base with toupie feet; dark brown patina with medium greenish brown high points; the ormolu mounts later
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, overall (2)
FRENCH, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
The male bacchante playing a horn, the female bacchante playing a xylophone and with a basket of fruit to her side; each on an integrally cast naturalistic plinth and associated square ormolu-mounted marble base with toupie feet; dark brown patina with medium greenish brown high points; the ormolu mounts later
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, overall (2)
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