Description

Late C19th Italian Neapolitan bronze �Grand Tour� souvenir sculpture , after the antique, �The Dancing Faun of Pompeii �
Well-cast verdigris bronze sculpture with an aged �faux excavation� surface . The mythical woodland faun depicted entirely nude and with a tail , mounted on a plinth base . With luxuriant hair and beard , goat horns and a garland of acorns . The creature shown dancing In exultation his head and arms raised , on his tip-toes with a taut muscular physique .
The original bronze sculpture excavated from the site of a villa at Pompeii in 1830 , where it stood next to an impluvium basin to collect rainwater , and now exhibited in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples, Italy.
In excellent original condition with an aged surface and patina .
Probably by J.Chiurazzi et Fils foundry of Naples .
*NB. A larger 80cm copy sold at auction 14/05/2024 Dreweatts , Newbury, �Ken Bolan-My Minds Eye� Lot no. 166 �4200.
H 14�
W 5�
D 6�
Naples , Italy c.1890
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