An Italian gilt and patinated bronze Athenienne attributed to J. Chiurazzi 1880

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

height 35 in.; diameter 20 1/8 in.
89 cm; 51.2 cm

after the antique, the circular top with a liner and applied with ribbon-tied ox skulls, hung with swags, supported by three sphinxes on honeysuckle-cast monopodia.

Catalogue Note

This tripod is based on an original found at Pompeii and now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

The foundry established by the sculptor J. Chiurazzi in Naples, around 1870, specialized in reproductions from antiquity. In the catalogue of J. Chiurazzi & Fils, Naples, 1900, p. 206, no. 441, there is a very similar tripod.