Stock No: 9944
9944. QUEEN OF SPARTA AND ZEUS : A richly carved statuary marble Neo Classical Chimneypiece in the manner of Giovanni Battista Piranesi 1720-1778. The stepped and layered shelf itself carved with a variety of detail above a crisply carved frieze of ribbon tied Bellflower Swags and Medallions flanking a high relief carved central tablet of Leda , Queen of Sparta reclining, lover of the Greek God Zeus shown here in the form of a swan ….Large Palmette endblocks and the whole frieze underlined with Ropetwist and Pearl motif , all supported on panelled jambs with pendant Bell-flowers, the aperture framed by a Waterleaf and Bead motif. Late Georgian, early 19th century. Photo before final cleaning and polishing. 2nd image shown with register grate 9859.SCALE : Compact.
| width |
height |
depth |
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| external | 73.0" 185.5 cms |
53.5" 136 cms |
15.2" 38.5 cms |
| internal | 42.0" 106.8 cms |
38.5" 97.8 cms |
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