Description: LOVELY ANTIQUE CLOCK AND GARNITURE SET BLACK SLATE CLOCK MARKED BARBEDIENNE ON FACE, BRONZE FRIEZE IN CLASSICAL STYLE ON EACH SIDE. APPROX 17" WIDE AND 9" AT PLINTH WHICH CREATES A BASE FOR THE BRONZE FIGURE OF ARISTOTLE WHO ALONE MEASURE APPROX 24". TOTAL HEIGHT OF CLOCK AND FIGURE BEING 33" BRONZE BUSTS OF ANTINOUS AS DIONYSUS AND ARIADNE: THESE ANTIQUE BRONZE ITERATIONS OF THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUITIES HELD IN THE VATICAN COLLECTION, WERE CREATED USING THE COLLAS REDUCTION TECHNIQUE DEVELOPED BY BARBEDIENNE'S BUSINESS PARTNER ACHILLES COLLAS, TO MAINTAIN INTERNAL SCALE / BALANCE OF FEATURES. EACH BRONZE MEASURES APPROX 12" AND STANDS ON MATCHING 5" SOCLES OF BLACK SLATE AND BRONZE. TOTAL COMBINED HEIGHT OF BUST AND ITS ORIGINAL BASE IS 17" TALL. CONDITION: ALL BRONZE ELEMENTS ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH EXPECTED AGE, PATINATION AND VERDIGRIS. SLATE SOCLE ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. CLOCK SLATE HAS ONE 2" HAIRLINE CRACK ON LOWER LEFT PORTION OF ITS FRONTISPIECE, HOUR ARM IS BENT. SOLD AS ORNAMENTAL, CLOCKS WORKING CONDITION HAS NOT BEEN ASSESSED AND HAS BEEN LEFT FOR THE BUYER TO INVESTIGATE AT THEIR OWN DISCRETION. NEOCLASSICAL SUBJECTS MOST POPULAR FOR THEIR TIMELESS QUALITY AND UNSURPASSED BEAUTY.
Price: 26750 USD
Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
End Time: 2025-01-14T00:51:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 150 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Style: Antique
Original/Reproduction: Original
Sub-Style: French
Country/Region of Manufacture: France
