Live Auction 21919An Opulent Aesthetic: An Important Private Collection from an English Country House
A PAIR OF CARVED LIMESTONE OBELISKS
Lot 2

A PAIR OF CARVED LIMESTONE OBELISKS

20TH CENTURY, THE DESIGN BASED ON THE MODEL BY GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1598-1680)

Closed9 February 2023

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GBP 17,640

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A PAIR OF CARVED LIMESTONE OBELISKS
20TH CENTURY, THE DESIGN BASED ON THE MODEL BY GIAN LORENZO BERNINI (1598-1680)
Constructed in sections, fractures to central ball supports
118 1/2 in. (301 cm.) high; 29 in. (74 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48 cm.) deep

Specialist note


The original Pulcino della Minerva is situated at the Piazza Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome and was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1666-1667. The elephant supports, one of the eleven Egyptian obelisks in Rome, is said to be one of two obelisks moved from Sais, where they were erected during the twenty-sixth dynasty (589 BC-570 BC).