A FRENCH PORTORO MARBLE AND GILT-BRONZE URN, mid 19th century

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A FRENCH PORTORO MARBLE AND GILT-BRONZE URN, mid 19th century
The campana-shaped body supported by figures of youthful tritons with bifurcating tails, below an everted rim applied with cascading water mount, with conforming mount to the circular base
19in. (48.3cm) high
13in. (33cm) diam

Lot Essay

The gold flecked Portor marble fountain-vase with water-dripping rim is supported by youthful tritons derived from models of the 1740s executed by the Turin court-sculptor Francesco Ladatte (d.1787).See U. Cherici, Torino, il Palazzo Reale, Turin 1969, fig 61.

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