AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A LARGE BRONZE BUST OF DIONYSUS NAPLES, LATE 19TH CENTURY On a variegated yellow marble socle, cast by Fonderia Sommer and inscribed to the reverse cast 'Fonderia Georgio Sommer Calabritto 2-3 Napoli Made in Italy' , painted in red '26' and '50', 3 daisy marks 67cm high, 43cm wideProvenance: Property from the Kingshott CollectionChristie's London, 'The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe', 20th September 2012. The original bust was excavated from the ash and lava covered Villa Dei Papiri, on the outskirts of Herculaneum in 1759. It is now housed in the Naples Archaeological Museum and has been previously identified as Plato.

Bronze- Generally good- if a little dusty- later painted with numbers and three daisy heads, Base old breaks, restoration and losses