A late 18th century Neo Classical marble chimneypiece
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A late 18th century Neo Classical marble chimneypiece
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The moulded shelf with palm leaves and dentil mouldings. The frieze is centred with a bass relief sculpted with a reclining Hebe, the cupbearer of the gods feeding an eagle. History and poetry recall that Jupiter the king of the gods took this form in order to return to earth and abduct Ganymede the Trojan Prince and the most handsome of mortals, he was later to serve as an immortal cupbearer of the Gods. This was recounted in Homer’s epic the ‘Iliad’. The eagle, keen sighted suggests a contrast between Homer’s physical blindness and the power of his poetic vision, Homer was venerated in the 18th century as the supreme genius of the ancient world.
This is flanked by statuary marble panels with circular paterae (these were in ancient times, metal dishes used to provide food and left on the altars as sacrifices for the gods) surrounded by swags of flower heads suspended from bows. The end blockings with anthemion flowers entwined with flower heads. The panelled jambs with inverted flower heads falling from bows. The out grounds and in grounds in sienna neatly finishing the line of the chimney piece. The whole raised on squared plinth blockings.
- Dimensions:Height: 58.25 in (147.96 cm)Width: 78 in (198.12 cm)Depth: 7.5 in (19.05 cm)
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- Date of Manufacture:18th Century
- Condition:Very Good.
- Seller Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:Seller: G1291stDibs: U0903288481108
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