9917 An Italian bronze figure of the Callipygian Venus, the face finely detailed and her left leg slightly bent, dark/mid-brown patination with lightly rubbed highlights, standing on a rectangular base with C-Couronne stamp and set into a rectangular ebonised plinth base with gilt bronze swag mounts, two mounts missing.
Italian, Florence
1650-1700
Height: 10.75 ins (25 cms)
Overall: 13.5 ins (34 cms)
Collection of 1st Earl of Leitrim, (1732-1804) probably bought on his Grand Tour 1753/4, inventoried at Killadoon before 1807 and by descent.
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