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English Marble Basket of Fruits c.1750 Baroque Angel They feature in Homeric poems

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Description

They feature in Homeric poems

breasts of a young woman and pearls as ornaments are naturalistic and bewitching

The dark green and brown glaze gives it a strong appearance while the large size made it ideal for originally storing and cooling water

See a similar piece for reference in the Met Museum Cloisters Collection 1973

61cm (24”) high approx

English Marble Basket of Fruits c.1750 Baroque Angel They feature in Homeric poemsExquisitely and realistically carved, this white marble basket overflows with a selection of fashionable fruits luxuries that would have been rare and highly prized in the 18th century. Echoing the periods fascination with trompe lil art, which sought to deceive the eye with lifelike illusion, and reflecting the contemporary passion for Grand Tour marble sculpture, this piece was almost certainly created in England as a highly fashionable and

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