At Christie's auction on December 5 will exhibit two pairs bronze figurines of girls playing with pigeons. These elegant genre of sculpture of the Roman period are estimated at 3-5 million dollars

Bronze sculptures of girls chasing pigeons
I in the end. BC. Oe. - I in the beginning. Mr. Oe.
Christie's. 5.12.2012
Estimate: 3-5 million dollars
Source: artdaily.com

at Christie's auction December 5, 2012 will exhibit two rare Roman bronze sculpture. Paired statues of girls, each trying to catch the dove, from the late I,. BC. Oe. - I in the beginning. Mr. Oe. Girls pose similar: each stretched out his hands in hopes to grab a dove. All parts of figures (hairstyle, clothes and even eyelashes) is very well designed. The eyes are inlaid with white stone. Lot consisting of two pairs of figures, is estimated at 3-5 million dollars.

bronzes come from the collection of the famous Swiss collector Zyusta Giovanni (Giovanni Züst), whose family bought their current owners in the the 1960s. Meeting Zyusta later became the basis of the Basel Museum of Antiquities.

The Romans loved to decorate their villas with bronze sculptures of various subjects. It could be religious, mythological or theatrical characters. One of the most popular genres, originating in Greece in V. BC. Oe. were playing with birds or animals children. Initially, these sculptures were religious sense, but the Romans were later to use them for purely decorative purposes.

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Source: artinvestment.ru