£15,000
African & Oceanic Art, Antiquities and Natural History | 663
Auction: 24 November 2021 at 10:00 GMT
cast bronze, standing on three supports modelled in the form of griffins’ legs, the sinuous clawed feet displaying fine detail, the long stem ribbed and leading to a stand with a superbly modelled youthful figure of a god, possibly Triton, shown bare chested, with powerful physique and flowing hair swept back into the nape of the neck, the opposite end of the stand with scalloped finial
Provenance:
Private collection, United Kingdom, acquired Sotheby's, 19th May 1986, lot 251, thence by descent