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SILVER Seller in Venezia, Italy
Made of yellow Siena marble, black Belgian marble, black marble apex tip (probably Marquina), lapis lazuli spheres, gilded bronze applications. cm. 63x14x14 Rome, first half of the 20th century Excellent general state of preservation Elegant pair of decorative obelisks in polychrome marble, executed in the refined tradition of Roman stonework. The pyramidal shaft is made of Giallo Siena marble, a precious Italian marble characterised by a typical cream-ivory background crossed by lively ochre, amber and red-brown veins. The apical tip is made of compact black marble, likely Nero Marquina of Spanish origin or Belgian black marble, which creates a precise chromatic crowning effect. The base is entirely covered in Belgian Black (Noir de Belgique), a deep black limestone marble with characteristic white veins, historically highly appreciated in European decorative production between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Between the shaft and the base are inserted two spheres made of lapis lazuli, the lively semi-precious stone in ultramarine blue, which act as a connecting element and give the whole a note of chromatic preciousness. Each obelisk is enriched by two chased gilded bronze applications: a central plaque on the shaft in the shape of an oval cartouche within a frame with festoons, trophies and laurel leaves —a typically neoclassical motif— and a circular medallion with a lion's head in relief on the front of the base, an iconographic reference of Roman imperial ancestry. The quality of the casting and the care taken in the chiseling place the bronze frames among the finest Roman ornamental production of the early twentieth century.
ID: 73557-1773400418-145964
