Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 11th August 2020
Lot 492
AFTER THE ANTIQUE. AN ITALIAN ROSSO AND GIALLO ANTICO MARBLE GRAND TOUR MODEL OF THE NAVICELLA ...
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000 | Hammer £12000
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AFTER THE ANTIQUE. AN ITALIAN ROSSO AND GIALLO ANTICO MARBLE GRAND TOUR MODEL OF THE NAVICELLA
SIGNED BOSCHETTI ROMA, PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY
modelled after the ship shaped fountain fronting the San Stefano Rotondo on the Caelian hill, the part black marble stepped plinth carved with three panels of cavorting Bacchanalian cherubs and signed 'Boschetti Roma'
33.5cm high, 57.5cm wide