Lot n° 256
Estimation :
2000 - 3000
EUR
Result without fees
Result
: 2 800EUR
Brazier forming an Athenian in green patinated bronze, - Lot 256
Brazier forming an Athenian in green patinated bronze,
known as the antique tripod of the Herculaneum sphinx.
decorated with applied heads and laurel leaf frieze
rests on a belt adorned with stylized acanthus leaves.
leaves. The uprights are lion shanks with bearded heads
and winged sphinxes at the top, joined by a chased central
held together by openwork scrolls.
Neapolitan work from the 19th century, similar to the
by the brothers Luigi and Francesco Manfredini.
Francesco Manfredini.
H. 95 cm - D. 55 cm
Cast in bronze for François Piranèse (1758- 1810) in
1806 after the antique model in the Archaeological Museum in
Naples
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