A BRONZE AND SIENA MARBLE MARBLE CLOCK with circular glazed brass dial in beehive case with slumped figure of Aristaeus holding a staff and hat in one hand, his retriever at his side, on a naturalistic base scattered with bees, the stepped plinth cast with lotus, on foliate bracket feet, first half 19th Century | Christie's

拍品 124

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A BRONZE AND SIENA MARBLE MARBLE CLOCK with circular glazed brass dial in beehive case with slumped figure of Aristaeus holding a staff and hat in one hand, his retriever at his side, on a naturalistic base scattered with bees, the stepped plinth cast with lotus, on foliate bracket feet, first half 19th Century

细节

A BRONZE AND SIENA MARBLE MARBLE CLOCK with circular glazed brass dial in beehive case with slumped figure of Aristaeus holding a staff and hat in one hand, his retriever at his side, on a naturalistic base scattered with bees, the stepped plinth cast with lotus, on foliate bracket feet, first half 19th Century
20¾in. (53cm.) high

拍品专文

Aristaeus is the name by which Pan was known in Thessaly. He was the protector of flocks and agriculture; specifically he taught man bee-keeping