Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Sculpture This very fine tea caddy

This very fine tea caddy is engraved in the Chinoiserie taste

The mirror having a pair of swiveled candle sconces which are finely decorated with colored enamels of flowers

The lidded censer having a male Foo dog finial and below having enamel decoration depicting Chinese immortals with elephant head handles to the side

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there are only five such caskets known from the 13th Century

Antique Italian Grand Tour Bronze Hunting Putti Sculptures Statues Marble 1850 Sculpture This very fine tea caddyA very fine pair of Italian Grand Tour putti bronze statues on Breccia marble bases, circa 1850. One of the nicest pairs of antique Grand Tour bronze putti we have had in a while, the bronzes are very finely modelled in hunting poses. One putti with a fishing pole and a caught fish under his arm the other with a crossbow and pheasant in his hand. The bronzes are both cast by lost wax (cire perdue) method and are beautifully patinated, each stands on a