Late C19th Italian 'Grand Tour' Souvenir Bronze Sculpture Reduction of "The Dancing Faun of Pompeii".

Late C19th Italian 'Grand Tour' souvenir bronze sculpture reduction of "The Dancing Faun of Pompeii" .

Verdigris 'faux excavation' patina, and cast by the Sommer Foundry of Naples , with inscribed signature to the base "Sommer, Napoli".

The original , now exhibited at the 'Museo Archeologico Naples', was excavated at ill-fated Pompeii in 1830 from the site of the 'House of the Faun' ( 'Casa del Fauno') where it had been positioned at the lip of the "impluvium", a basin used to collect rain-water.

Nice smaller-scale example of this iconic image of the bearded, horned and tailed dancing mythical woodland 'faun' creature , depicted dancing in an ecstatic pose.

H 10"

W 3"

D 4"

Italy c.1880

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