"Important Nubian Torchere Door In Polychrome Carved Wood Venice XIX"
Important Nubian torchiere holder in gilded and polychrome carved wood, Venice Italy XIXth. The sculpture of the Nubian is presented standing, holding a flowery tray in one hand and the other carrying at arm's length a torchiere made up of a flowery candelabra in bronze and gilded brass (wear, formerly electrified). He wears a costume richly decorated with flowers and arabesques on a gilded background with gold leaf, the costume is enriched with a green and purple drapery painted with flowers and a polychrome golden turban. The sculpture rests on a hexagonal column in imitation porphyry decorated with stylized faun masks holding a garland of flowers wrapped in carved and gilded wood. 
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