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A pair of patinated bronze Herculaneum fawns after the antique, late 19th - early 20th century

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7,000 - 10,000 EUR

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Description

resting on a rectangular base


(2)


Height 35 ¾ in., width 28 in. ; Haut. 91 cm, larg. 71 cm

These fawns were inspired by two antique bronzes discovered in 1756 in the garden of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, during the excavations commissioned by Charles of Bourbon between 1750 and 1764. Dating from the 1st century BC, the bronzes are today preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (inv. no. 4886 and 4888). For a similar pair by the founder Chiurazzi, see Sotheby's, Paris, 22 April 2022, lot 24 (sold for €32,760).