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The stepped cylindrical bases applied with lion masks and ribbon-tied floral swags, further with two ribbon-tied laurel roundels centered by monogram MA below a coronet, the stems formed as fluted columns rising from stiff leaves and headed by a band of anthemion, supporting two tiers of fluted leaf-capped scroll arms with circular drip-pans and campana-form sconces, with finials fully modeled as a figure of Orpheus holding a harp, weighted bases, marked on base rims and engraved with weights 101 12/16 and 96, further with control marks throughout
32 in. (81.3 cm.) high
372 oz. 2 dwt. (11,572 gr.) gross weight
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 7 June 2007, lot 156.
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