THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ALABASTER SURTOUT-DE-TABLE
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AN ALABASTER SURTOUT-DE-TABLE
ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Carved in the neo-classic style, comprised of eight figures after the Antique on plinths surrounding a central group of The Three Graces, four figures of eagles with outspread wings, four tazzae, four urns with pierced rims, and four covered amphorae with ring handles, the whole assembled on a canted rectangular base formed in three sections, inset with banding and raised on bun feet ---72in. (183cm.) wide
ITALIAN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Carved in the neo-classic style, comprised of eight figures after the Antique on plinths surrounding a central group of The Three Graces, four figures of eagles with outspread wings, four tazzae, four urns with pierced rims, and four covered amphorae with ring handles, the whole assembled on a canted rectangular base formed in three sections, inset with banding and raised on bun feet ---72in. (183cm.) wide