Pair of 17th Century Italian Travertine Mantles

Il Tuffatore is an important hand blown Murano glass sculpture by Loredano Rosin (1936-1992). Il Tuffatore, literally translated as, 'The Diver' is a Murano glass sculpture in deep g...

A beautiful and rare pair of maiolica patterned Italian albarelli, late 1800s early 1900s. Found in Palazzo Torlogna in Rome. Alberelli were ancient storage containers often used in...

An antique map of the Tuscan city of Pisa engraved for The 'Itinerarium Italiæ Nov-antiquæ' by Matthäus Merian the Elder and printed in 1640....

An original print from 1775 showing an early route map of the journey from Rome to Naples. This route map was part of a collection of travellers routes published in a book translated...

An exceptional pair of Turquoise geometric bowls by Max Ingrand for Fontana Arte. Fontana Arte was the design house co-founded by Gio Ponti in Milan in the 1930s. These rare original...

These spectacular celadon vases were designed by Guido Andlovitz for the ceramics house, Società Ceramica Italiana, Lavenia where he was the Art Director in the 1930s. Guido Andlovit...

Italian late 17th c. Carved Wood and Silver Leafed Cherubs. Silver Leaf believed to be original. Mounted on new Lucite Bases. The Wing Span length measures 22 inches.

Pair of painted carved wood and gesso, Italian, late 17th century, reliquary busts.

Cerberus Black painted stone Italy, 17th century Measures: 80 x 69 x 36cm (one head missing) Cerberus, cruel monster, fierce and strange, Through his wide threefold throat barks as a dog Over the multitude immers'd beneath. His eyes glare crimson, black his unctuous beard, His belly large, and claw'd the hands, with which He tears the spirits, flays them, and their limbs Piecemeal disparts (Dante, Inferno, Canto VI). Cerberus figure seated, in his role of ferocious guardian of the underworld; he shows a nervous musculature, an adherent skin which reveals the ribs, long and robust limbs; his heads are broad and the eyes set well apart. Painted in black to amplify his menacing look, the infernal guardian is depicted with his famous attributes, writhing his heads, growling and barking furiously. Cerberus, in Greek mythology, was the monstrous watchdog of the underworld – also known as the “hound of Hades” – preventing the dead from leaving, and making sure that those who entered never left. A child of Typhon and Echidna, he was part of a monstrous family, which included Orthus, the Lernaean Hydra, and the Chimaera as well. Only on three occasions Cerberus was tricked by visitors of Hades: Heracles did it with his strength, Orpheus with his music. In "The Inferno", Dante places Cerberus as the guardian of the third circle of Hell. With his three mouths, Dante saw Cerberus as a beast that was synonymous with the sin of Gluttony. Virgil gets past the monster by throwing mud in his three mouths, temporarily choking him. Very rare are the representations of Cerberus in ancient statuary...

Originally gilded. as notice some traces of gilt residue. From the collection of Verna Harrah. Harra's Casinos.

Magnificent and enormous pair of 17th century Italian Baroque period carved giltwood putti wall figures. The pair maintained its original gilding and co...

Pair of large statues carved in the round, probably representing cerulean angels (although there is no evidence of wings on the back), or allegories of fortune (in which case we can ...