Superb quality continental European gilt bronze statue of a charioteer driving a two-horse chariot. The bronze is very detailed and well cast, showing a man in Greco-Roman style garb driving an ornate chariot, pulled by two dynamically-posed horses. The chariot is beautifully decorated with scrolled foliate designs, with lion's head masks for the hubs of the wheels. The yoke for the horses has a ram's head design for the end of the center shaft, and swan's head designs for either arm of the yoke. The bronze is bolted to a rouge marble base standing on four bronze paw form feet. [8" H x 12 1/2" W x 6 1/4" D]. In good condition.

In good condition.