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LOT 0416
Silvered Statuette Pair
19TH CENTURY A.D.
6 3/8 - 6 5/8 in. (713 grams total, 16.3-16.8 cm including stand).
Comprising: Bacchus sitting precariously atop a tree stump, wearing a loincloth and with a wreath of vine leaves on his brow, clutching a bunch of grapes to his chest; Silenus sitting atop a textured tree-stump holding a skin garment around his body; each mounted on a square-section column with flared foot, one damaged. [2]
ProvenancePrivate collection, England.
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LOT 0416
Silvered Statuette Pair
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
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