Live Auction 5303Christie's Style & Spirit
AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE FOUNTAIN
Lot 224

AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE FOUNTAIN

LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed16 September 2014

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GBP 6,000

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AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE AND WHITE MARBLE FOUNTAIN
LATE 19TH CENTURY
The winged putto holding a dolphin with aperture above a dished basin with foliate socle supported by caved swans on a foliate pedestal base
72 ½ in. (184 cm.) high; 27 ½ in. (70 cm.) diameter

Specialist note

The winged putto is after the model Puttino del Verocchio in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. The original bronze is by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488).