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Early nineteenth century nude study,
£750Early nineteenth century nude study,
An early nineteenth century framed charcoal life-study of a male figure. The figure is shown heroically nude, from the front, in a full length, slightly serpentina pose with the right arm radiating from the torso. The composition is depicted contraposto and leaning on a spear or staff. The pose depicted is shows a slightly adapted and altered rendering of the famous Doryphorus, or Spear-Barer of Polykleitos. Polykleitos was known as the best sculptor of men in the ancient world, with the primary subjects of his works being male athletes with idealised body proportions. He was interested most chiefly in the mathematical proportions of the human form, which led him to write an essay the famous Kanon, on the proportions of humans. The Doryphoros is an illustration of his writings in Kanon on the symmetry between the body parts£750 -
Early nineteenth century nude study,
£750Early nineteenth century nude study,
An early nineteenth century framed charcoal life-study of a female figure. The figure, shown side-on, models the Pudica pose, an affected posture of chaste virtue, inherited from classical art.£750 -
Early nineteenth century nude study,
£750Early nineteenth century nude study,
An early nineteenth century framed charcoal life-study of a male figure. The figure is shown heroically nude, from the front, in a full length, adlocutio pose, contraposto and grasping a shaft or baton. The pose is a famous one in Classical Art, said to embody power, control and leadership, and its most famous example is the Augusto di Prima Porta in the Vatican Museums in Rome.£750 -
Early nineteenth century nude study,
£750Early nineteenth century nude study,
An early nineteenth century framed charcoal life-study of a male figure. The figure is shown from behind in full length, contraposto, with developed musculature and a sinuous, dramatic, figura serpentina recollecting the Dancing Faun of the Uffizi, and the famous Farnese Hercules.£750 -
Arts and Crafts copper mirror,
£550Arts and Crafts copper mirror,
richly patinated sheet metal frame, with with enamel cabouchon to the centre.£550 -
Aesthetic period Kilkenny marble fireplace inset with Minton tiles
£18,500Aesthetic period Kilkenny marble fireplace inset with Minton tiles
the fossil stone surround with stop-canted moudings, inset with a series of Minton China Works tiles designed by John Moyr Smith illustrating the Waverley Novels by Sir Walter Scott.£18,500 -
Large Neo-Classical floor lamps
£4,500 eachLarge Neo-Classical floor lamps
eighteen light, with glass storm shades, the tapered shaft of waisted pedestal triform base with anthemion to each side, twentieth century.£4,500 each -
Nineteenth century Florentine giltwood mirror
£750Nineteenth century Florentine giltwood mirror
the frame composed of scrolling acanthus, with later plate-glass£750 -
Persian Hamadan runner
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Italian giltwood chandelier
£4,500Italian giltwood chandelier
mid to late nineteenth century in the Baroque manner, re-wired and PAT tested.£4,500