A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILT BRONZE RECUMBENT LIONS, AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA, ON MARBLE BASE, 19TH CENTURY
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April 22, 05:15 PM GMT
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10,000 - 15,000 USD
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A PAIR OF ITALIAN GILT BRONZE RECUMBENT LIONS, AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA, ON MARBLE BASE, 19TH CENTURY
11 by 19¼ in. and 10½ by 21¾ in.; 27.94 by 48.9 cm. and 26.67 by 55.25 cm. (without marble bases)
This pair of bronze lions was produced after Antonio Canova’s monumental pair of beasts carved for the tomb of Pope Clement XIII in St. Peter’s, Rome in 1792.