AN ITALIAN BRONZE GRAND TOUR FIGURE OF THE DANCING FAUN

AN ITALIAN BRONZE GRAND TOUR FIGURE OF THE DANCING FAUN

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, IN THE MANNER OF THE CHIURAZZI FOUNDRY, NAPOLI, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

with an antique weathered verdigris patination, later mounted on a circular stone plinth

81.2cm high

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

Catalogue Note

The original bronze was discovered in October 1830 in Pompeii. The house was named the House of the Faun after the sculpture.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

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