Antique French Neoclassical Rococo Bronze Figural Group of Wine Bacchantes by Clodion 1762 Decorative Arts The bronze was created by

The bronze was created by the lost wax method and sits on the original and substantial variegated marble plinth

there is a key present for the locks

The tray's border having four bands of inlaid silver calligraphy in Naskh script and punctuated with circular silver inlaid geometric devices joined with meandering silver inlaid ribbons

pink & cream ground

Antique French Neoclassical Rococo Bronze Figural Group of Wine Bacchantes by Clodion 1762 Decorative Arts The bronze was created bySOLD A fine antique bronze figural group of Bacchantes by Claude Michel (Clodion) ( 1738 1814). The bronze depicts a pair of bacchantes, the female followers of Bacchus the Roman god of wine and revelry (Dionysus was the Greek god). Both female figures are draped in Greco Roman dress and wearing sandals, one bacchante is depicted standing & holding a fruiting vine, the other is kneeling next to a wine amphora with grapes. This bronze was first cast in