Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 8th January 2020

Lot 508

A pair of late 17th century Italian Sicilian carved alabaster figures of Jupiter and Saturn

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £3400

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Description

A pair of late 17th century Italian Sicilian carved alabaster figures of Jupiter and Saturn, the bearded Jupiter probably holding the remainder of a thunderbolt, Saturn with his staff, swallowing one of his children, previously part of an altar piece and now later mounted on naturalistic plaster bases, 60.2cm high (max). (2)