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Sold item - Carrara marble baptismal font used as a garden planter (Reference 1134)
Get the Flash Player to see this video Carrara marble baptismal font with Jesuit symbol under the bowl used more recently as a garden ornament and planter. Elegantly carved pedestal on a base of four lion claw feet.
Origin
19th century
Dimensions
| Height | Diameter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3' 6'' ⅛ 107cm |
2' 7'' ⅛ 79cm |
Additional information
Carrara marble was already well known in the Roman age, in the III century BC, even if the marble industry truly and fully developed during the period of the Medici, a period in which the marble extracted from the Carrara quarries was used to enrich the architectonic constructions in Florence. Statuary marble, one of the most precious qualities of marble is extracted here. Michelangelo, who spent three years in Versilia supervising the development of work commissioned by the Medici family extracted the marble he used in many of his sculptures such as the Pietà. To this day the quarries still exists and is active. It is known as the Cava di Michelangelo.
Condition
Very good condition. A few chips and very thin cracks had been previously covered up. (see detailed pictures)