A GEORGE II STATUARY WHITE AND JASPER MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE

CIRCA 1750

Details

A GEORGE II STATUARY WHITE AND JASPER MARBLE CHIMNEYPIECE
CIRCA 1750
The rectangular breakfront molded shelf above a cavetto and molded cornice, the frieze centered by a tablet depicting the 'Bear and Bee-hives' above an egg-and-dart molding and diamond border, the jambs headed by volute corbels
60 in. (152. 5 cm.) high, 81½ in. (207 cm.) wide, overall, the aperture 44 in. (112 cm.) high, 43¾ in. (111 cm.) wide

Provenance

Acquired from Nicholas Gifford-Mead and Miles D'Agar, London.

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Lot Essay

The tablet on this chimneypiece relates to the Aesop Fable of the Bear and the Bee-hives. The story tells of a bear that finds his way into a garden where bees are kept. The bear greedily turns over the hives in search of the honey, causing the bees to swarm. He is stung repeatedly while devouring the honey and maddened by the pain, tears the skin from his head with his claws.

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