LOT 36:
NEOCLASSICAL MANUFACTURE
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Start price:
€
700
Estimated price :
€1,000 - €1,800
Buyer's Premium: 27%
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NEOCLASSICAL MANUFACTURE
Jug. Inspired by an archeological design.
Coated bronze. 16 x 13,5 x 11 cm
A pitcher Inspired by unknown archeological findings, perhaps Pompeian.
The body is ovoidal in shape, with a human-shaped handle and a goat on the ribbed spout.
Items such as this were designed for the Grand Tour and meant for the eyes of wealthy and cultured tourists enamored with classical antiquities. A fine taste born in the 1700s and well alive up until the first decades of the 1800s.
A finely crafted jug with an exquisite coating.

