A pair of Italian gilt bronze tempietti - image-1

Lot 1678 Dα

A pair of Italian gilt bronze tempietti

Auction 1096 - overview Cologne
17.11.2017, 18:00 - Selected Works
Estimate: 40.000 € - 80.000 €

A pair of Italian gilt bronze tempietti

Bronze, porphyry, and coloured marble. Three-piece temple structures comprising porphyry veneered bases and round four-step plinths upon which rest eight fluted columns beneath architraves veneered in green marble and surmounted by domes. The green marble veneered column bases applied with heads of a couple and floral swags in relief. Losses and cracks to the marble. H 106, diameter 70 cm.
Italy, late 18th / 19th C.