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A Wedgwood black basalt 'Michelangelo' lamp 19th century
A Wedgwood black basalt 'Michelangelo' lamp 19th century The reservoir supported by three caryatid figures, the cover with three maidens, impressed mark, 35.5cm high. Footnotes: The lamp combines classical and Renaissance elements. The bowl is based on an ancient Greek bronze hanging lamp of about 400 BC, but the figures are copied from the base of a 16th-century silver-gilt crucifix. These figures were thought in Wedgwood's time to have been made by Michelangelo, but they are now attributed to the Italian goldsmith Antonio Gentili (1519-1609). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
A Wedgwood black basalt 'Michelangelo' lamp 19th century The reservoir supported by three caryatid figures, the cover with three maidens, impressed mark, 35.5cm high. Footnotes: The lamp combines classical and Renaissance elements. The bowl is based on an ancient Greek bronze hanging lamp of about 400 BC, but the figures are copied from the base of a 16th-century silver-gilt crucifix. These figures were thought in Wedgwood's time to have been made by Michelangelo, but they are now attributed to the Italian goldsmith Antonio Gentili (1519-1609). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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