Beautiful little 18th century bronze fountain head on a beautiful white marble and lapis base

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Beautiful little 18th century bronze fountain head on a beautiful white marble and lapis base

Name: Beautiful little 18th century bronze fountain head on a beautiful white marble and lapis base
Brand: Antikeo
SKU: C70T5Y2ENG
Price: 800 EUR
Availability: InStock

By Gallery L'ANTIQUAIRE DU VALLON

800 €

Period 18th century

Style Rome and ancient Greece

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From: 12240, RIEUPEYROUX, France

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L'ANTIQUAIRE DU VALLON

12240 RIEUPEYROUX

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Here is a curiosity: this enigmatic and beautiful little fountain head in green patinated bronze from the 18th century around 1780 representing an Antique-style character with worked hair held in place by a headband tied with a ribbon and leaves on top. . The open mouth is the "spittoon" and this singular face like the excavations of Pompeii so fashionable by its discovery at the end of the 18th century which were the beginning of archeology and the influence on art In France . The massive Carrara marble base, with a pickled sausage, all around, worked with implications of lapis lazuli cabochons and oval medallions of the same nature surrounded by bronze beads, the base is in black Carrara marble with ogees . It is a unique decorative piece suitable for adorning a “Cabinet of Curiosities”

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Additional Information

Condition	Very good
Style	Rome and ancient Greece (Objects of curiosity of Rome and ancient Greece Style)
Period	18th century (Objects of curiosity 18th century)
Country of origin	France
Artist	?
Width (cm)	11X11cm
Height (cm)	21cm
Internal reference	objets de curiosité