拍品 609
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An Italian sculpted white marble pedestal
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An Italian sculpted white marble pedestal

CIRCA 1900

细节
An Italian sculpted white marble pedestal
Circa 1900
Of rectangular section, with rams' heads at the angles beneath the platform, Bacchic masks to the front and back of the baluster shaft, and monopodial winged lions at the angles above the base
50 5/8in. (128.6cm.) high
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拍品专文

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:

Ancient Roman examples containing similar motifs but in differing combinations were recorded by Giovani Battista Piranesi in his 1778 publication Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi disegnati ed incisi dal Cav. Gio. Batt. Piranesi, reproduced by Luigi Ficacci, Piranesi, The Complete Etchings, Taschen, Cologne, 2000, p.582 ff.