Lot 149
149
A PAIR OF BRONZE ANDIRONS
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF HUGO AND RUTH KLOTZ (LOTS 121-167)
A PAIR OF BRONZE ANDIRONS

AFTER NICCOLO ROCCATAGLIATA, VENICE, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, TOP AND BASE PROBABLY ASSOCIATED

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A PAIR OF BRONZE ANDIRONS
AFTER NICCOLO ROCCATAGLIATA, VENICE, PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY, TOP AND BASE PROBABLY ASSOCIATED
Each with the figure of a putto on a triangular plinth with gadrooned molding and a satyr crouching at each of the scrolled corners, on a molded base with angled corners and a further base of two putti with a central lion mask on scrolled supports
30 in. (76 cm.) high, 11 in. (28 cm.) wide, 8½ in. (21.5 cm) deep (2)

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
L. Planiscig, Venezianische Bildhauer der Renaissance, Vienna, 1921, p. 603, no. 666.
W.H. Weihrauch, Europäische Bronzestatuetten, Braunschweig, 1967, p. 167, no. 202.

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