Romeins Marmeren Bad centaur waarin geometrische precisie decoratief wordt

waarin geometrische precisie decoratief wordt ingezet

half mens en half paard

After casting

cast using the traditional lost-wax method

Romeins Marmeren Bad centaur waarin geometrische precisie decoratief wordtThis miniature Roman bath is carved in fine white veined marble and raised on four hand cut lion paw feet. It is a Grand Tour sculpture, the kind of scaled down model of an antique marble that travellers once brought home from Rome. The lion head masks and ring handles on each side echo the decorative vocabulary of Roman stonework, carved with a soft, aged tone. The bath sits on a grey veined marble plinth that lifts it and frames the paw feet. It