Pair of Lions said Medici in veined white marble representing a lion in march holding under its paw a sphere on base posing on wooden saddles painted in imitation of marble. The sphere referring to the arms of the Medi-cis. After the model of Flamonio Vacca (1538-1605) for the entrance of the Medici palace in Rome and moved in 1789 to be exposed in the Loggia dei Lanzi near the Piazza della signoria in Florence. Height : 135 cm - Width : 30 cm - Depth : 58 cm (small wear and visible cracks)

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