Large Gilt and Patinated Bronze Torchère, circa 1880

Superb torchère in chased, patinated and gilt bronze, featuring a magnificently modeled torso depicting a young girl wearing a light dress, holding a pan flute and raising a torch in her other hand. Her hand is entwined with foliage on which two butterflies are perched.

She rests on a sinuous base decorated with acanthus scrolls and garlands of oak branches. Tripod support on a breccia marble base.

The upper part of the torch is missing.

French work from the late 19th century, circa 1880.

Height: 165 cm.