circa 1770-1780

Henry Humphries Cribb

H:7 W:22 D:16 CM

Brass makers plaque “Bock Steger Lips”

Vibrant yellow with hand painted neoclassical motifs and Greek key decoration

The Charioteer of Delphi Cabinets & Storage circa 1770-1780A plaster statue of the Charioteer of Delphi. Cast to actual size with a superb faux patinated bronze surface, loss of one arm as shown, chips to the base. Circa 1910 20. Height 6ft 2in (188cm). Base 16in (41cm) x 15. 5in (39. 4cm). Found by French excavators in 1896 near the north west region of the temple of Apollo, It remained in the same location that Pausania, the Greek travel writer of the second century B. C., found him as evident in his Guide