AN ITALIAN MARBLE ATHÉNIENNE

Lot 37
21.09.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 37 | AN ITALIAN MARBLE ATHÉNIENNE
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
AN ITALIAN MARBLE ATHÉNIENNE

AFTER THE ANTIQUE, ITALIAN, LATE 18TH CENTURY

The shallow basin with a raised flower head to the centre surrounded by a band of entwined foliage interspersed with flowerhead motifs, the rim worked with leaf carving and beaded border, raised on three lion paw feet on waisted tapered supports with reserves carved with inset flowerhead surmounts and acanthus and anthemion trophies, the triform stepped base on a thick circular violet brèche marble plinth

48 1/2 in. (138 cm.) high; 81 cm. (32 in.) diameter





Provenance

Possibly acquired in Rome by William, 6th Duke of Devonshire (1790-1858).

Compton Place, Eastbourne, East Sussex, by 1892.

Photographed in the late 19th century or early 20th century at Compton Place standing in the Gallery bay window.

Moved to Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, by Andrew, 11th Duke of Devonshire circa 1954.

Chatsworth: The Attic Sale, Sotheby's house sale, 5-7 October 2010, lot 253.



Literature

Compton Place Inventory, 1892, p. 80: 'standing in The Gallery Statuary marble tripod on marble base'.





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