18th Century Bas-Relief in Turkish Marble, Set of 2

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These pair of bas-relief in Turkish marble is an original pair of decorative object realized in Italy in the 18th … Read more These pair of bas-relief in Turkish marble is an original pair of decorative object realized in Italy in the 18th century. Original Turkish marble. Both the pieces are in excellent condition. Beautiful pair of sculptures depicting winged griffins facing. The sculptures are made in bas-relief on Turkish pieces of marble: they are cold white with grayish veins. The two pieces were probably bases placed under two columns; the figures of griffins and winged lions, in fact, were often placed as a base for the columns since the early medieval period. In the Romanesque period, in Europe, the figure of the stylophorum lions were placed in the arcades of the churches and in front of the gates. The faces of the griffins are very well sculpted, just as the wings are well defined; in some places it almost seems like a high relief. See less