Null Pair of Nubians on base forming torches, in painted wood - Height: 210 cm

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Pair of Nubians on base forming torches, in painted wood - Height: 210 cm

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Pair of Nubians on base forming torches, in painted wood - Height: 210 cm

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Estim. 200 - 400 EUR

Pair of Nubian torchbearers H. 151 cm approx. Electrified

Current bid 100 EUR

Putto en bois stuqué avec polychromie formant porte-torchère (probablement issu d'une paire). Travail italien, Fin du XVIIIème-début du XIXème siècle. Dim. (hors torchère) : 71 x 50 x 28 cm (socle probablement rapporté ; traces de restauration ; quelques accidents et sauts à la polychromie ; en l'état).

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Large plaster NUBIEN torchbearer, wiggling, one arm over his loins, the other upright, in loincloth and gilded collar, surmounted by a frosted glass globe (H. 25 cm). H. 203 cm.

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