By Clodion France
Located in IT
Pair of important candlesticks in gilt and patinated bronze, lamp mounted.
Depicting Bacchanal of Satyrs and Signed Clodion.
France 19th Century
Measures h only candlesticks 65 x p 27 cm; h with lampshade 86 cm
This pair of important two lights candlesticks was made in the 19th century, in France, on the style of the great sculptor Clodion. Each candlestick consists of a body with a sculptural group in patinated bronze inspired by the famous bronzes of the master. The base is circular, in gilt bronze finely chiselled with geometric decoration and foliate motifs near the four feet, of feline shape. From the sculptural groups depart two graceful arms in gilded and chiselled bronze, composed of ramage and phytomorphic elements that culminate in the two candle holders.
In a candlestick the bacchanal consists of a female faun figure, that is half a woman and half a goat, playing with small fauns and putti, offering a bunch of grapes. In the other candlestick one observes the satyr Pan...
Category
Mid-19th Century Napoleon III Antique French Candlesticks
