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Antique Pear Wood Carving Young Nobleman Hat Waistcoat Veneto Fountain Figure

$8,860.89
£6,641.79
€7,500
CA$12,173.36
A$13,590.41
CHF 7,121.17
MX$166,360.01
NOK 90,438.97
SEK 85,272.46
DKK 57,092.74
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About the Item

Beautiful carving of a young noble man dressed in a frock coat with a waistcoat and wearing a hat with a feather. The sculpture is carved out of an unusually large pear tree trunk. It was used in a garden as a fountain figure and is therefore weathered. There is an opening for a pipe going through the body from back to front. It is still visible from behind, from the front it has been closed with a piece of wood. The young squire was carved in second half of the 19th century in the Veneto region of Italy.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 36.03 in (91.5 cm)Width: 12.21 in (31 cm)Depth: 7.49 in (19 cm)
  • Style:
    Belle Époque (Of the Period)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Pearwood,Carved
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1880
  • Condition:
    Minor losses. As the sculpture used to be outdoors it was subject to huge fluctuations in temperature and therefore has acquired several cracks over the last 140 years. The cracks however do not affect the solidity of the sculpture.
  • Seller Location:
    Munich, DE
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5195218892492

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