BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
BC/AD Sculpture Ancient to Modern
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
Lot Closed
July 9, 01:16 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Swiss Private Collection
AN ETRUSCAN BRONZE FIGURE OF SILENUS, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.
from the top of a candelabrum, standing with the weight on his right leg on a spool-shaped base with beaded upper edge, his voluminous tail falling over the back of the right leg, and holding with his left hand a wineskin attached to a strap slung over his right shoulder and a drinking horn against his right hip, and wearing a finely incised animal skin falling from his right shoulder and leaving his lower body bare, his head turned to his left.
Height 9 cm.
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Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano, acquired in the 1950s/1960s
by descent to the present owner