Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A PAIR OF ITALIAN MARBLE GRAND TOUR OBELISKS

FLORENCE, 20TH CENTURY

each with bronze turtle supports (2)

39.5cm high

Provenance

Parker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.

Catalogue Note

These obelisks are based on the 16th century obelisks of the Corsa dei Cocchi or Aguglie di Piazza Santa Maria Novella in Florence. They replaced two pyramidal wooden structures which were used to mark the track for the festival race of the Palio dei Cocchi.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.