Live Auction 4334Aynhoe Park - A Modern Grand Tour
A PAIR OF PLASTER LARGE TORCHERES
Lot 17

A PAIR OF PLASTER LARGE TORCHERES

CIRCA 1900, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 12,500

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A PAIR OF PLASTER LARGE TORCHERES
CIRCA 1900, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
Each decorated with a central band of Bacchantes amidst fluted and imbricated bands above an acanthus baluster and lion's paw feet
109 in. (277 cm.) high (2)

Historic Plaster Casts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby's New York, 28 February 2006, lot 96.

Specialist note

The Roman marble original of circa 100 AD is in the collection of the Musée du Louvre, Paris.
One is illustrated in situ in the cast gallery at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York circa 1907, see the illustration accompanying lots 21 and 22 in this sale.

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