Details
Dramatically modeled as a curling crashing wave draped in garlands of waterlilies and cattails, one end applied with a seated classical nude female holding an orb, the other with two putto holding aloft a sheet as if a sail, with two further putto to the sides, raised on a base cast and chased with two large dolphins in a frothy sea with a putto to the front and a mermaid to the rear holding on to the curling tails of the dolphins, marked on base rim and numbered 2085
1414 in. (36.2 cm.) long
172 oz. 8 dwt. (5,362 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 January 1999, lot 50.
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