Sep Ancient Art & Paintings & Collectibles
Lot 15:
Description
4.4*2.4cm Wt:15.9g
The base is engraved with the signature of F. Kirchner, the well-known Austrian-French sculptor Franz Kirchner (1860-1931), celebrated for small-scale bronze and silver sculptures on mythological themes. This pendant is a fully three-dimensional silver carving depicting Bacchus (Dionysus, god of wine) together with a Satyr (Pan, the forest goat-deity). The figures possess natural flowing movement, with loosely rendered lifelike hand-chased folds of drapery and hair texture. Grapes, a wine cup and sections of ground-lying vines are worked in gold. The silver body bears an aged patina, creating a striking contrast between warm and cool metallic layers.Antique owl hallmark.
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