An Italian carved giltwood pedestal

FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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An Italian carved giltwood pedestal
First half 18th Century
The bow-fronted moulded top above the C-scroll and acanthus-wrapped support centred by a winged cherub, on a moulded cut-cornered base, restoration and losses
214cm. high

Lot Essay

The combination of the full-faced putto with the windswept hair and the symmetrical scrolling decoration suggest an origin in the first part of the 18th Century in Italy. The putto in particular may be compared to the work of such sculptors as Agostino Cornacchini (1683-circa1740) whose marble group of 'La Speranza' in the Cappella del Monte di Pieta in Rome includes two very similar putti.

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