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all of which are either alluded to or directly illustrated in this beautiful piece
This large panel was probably intended to decorate and soften a hard wooden bench or as a decoration to a sideboard or table
The learning plate
The animal in the composition could be mistaken for a camel but is in fact a calf
the top painted with griffins to a central fluted urn to a swagged frieze with oval tablets
An Early 18thC Italian Terracotta Bust of Hermes c.1700-50 sub-Natural History all of which are eitherOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early Mid 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1700 50Width: 10. 5Height: 19. 5Depth: 11The early sculpted terracotta bust of Hermes or Mercury, the whole with weathering and a very honest and well established patina, facing dexter and gazing slightly downward conveying a dreamy, almost wistful expression, with tight short curled hair and the distinctive flat cap, or petasos, to an integral plinth base, the whole surviving from the