Candelabra floor lamp - Polychrome wood






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A 20th‑century polychrome wood sculpture from Italy depicting a Moorish figure with a green hat, mounted as a salon lamp with an octagonal marbled wooden base and a shade, measuring 40 cm wide by 5 cm deep and 155 cm high, in good condition and in working order, with Certificate of Authenticity.
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.
