Candelabra floor lamp - Polychrome wood






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Polychrome wooden sculpture from Italy, dating to the 20th century, measuring 40 cm wide, 155 cm high and 5 cm deep, depicting a young African figure with a green hat and mounted on an octagonal marmoled wooden base with a lampshade, in good condition and in working order.
Description from the seller
The sculpture of refined workmanship, depicting a young African man wearing a distinctive green hat.
This work belongs to the early-20th-century Venetian production with an exotic subject evoking the colonial past of the Republic of Venice.
The ancient Venetian statue depicting a Moor symbolizes a servant who holds in his left hand a small oar.
The old Moor rests on a gondola which in turn rests on an octagonal wooden base with a marbleized finish.
The lampshade placed high above makes it a beautiful living-room lamp.
Conditions: Good condition.
Provenance: Venice, 19th century.
Dimensions: 40x45 H155 cm.
Document: Certificate of Authenticity.
Seller's Story
The sculpture of refined workmanship, depicting a young African man wearing a distinctive green hat.
This work belongs to the early-20th-century Venetian production with an exotic subject evoking the colonial past of the Republic of Venice.
The ancient Venetian statue depicting a Moor symbolizes a servant who holds in his left hand a small oar.
The old Moor rests on a gondola which in turn rests on an octagonal wooden base with a marbleized finish.
The lampshade placed high above makes it a beautiful living-room lamp.
Conditions: Good condition.
Provenance: Venice, 19th century.
Dimensions: 40x45 H155 cm.
Document: Certificate of Authenticity.
