Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Drawings & Prints Circa 1800

Circa 1800

Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Wucai Kangxi Period Porcelain Dragon Censer / Bowl

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there are only five such caskets known from the 13th Century

Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Drawings & Prints Circa 1800A very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases, circa 1850. One of the nicest pairs of antique Grand Tour bronze putti we have had in a while, the bronzes are very finely modelled in hunting poses. One putti with a fishing pole and a caught fish under his arm the other with a crossbow and pheasant in his hand. The bronzes are both cast by lost wax (cire perdue) method and are beautifully patinated, each stands on a