Antique Large Italian Grand Tour Carrara Marble Carved Statue Sculpture "Psyche" by Oreste Ferrari, 1880 Redo Numered 2/250

Numered 2/250

the snuff bottle has been chemically tested with an Olympus GoldXpert XRF analyzer and the bottle tests as 16k gold

the sides having handles in an archaistic style

124 cm X 44 cm X 27

Antique Large Italian Grand Tour Carrara Marble Carved Statue Sculpture "Psyche" by Oreste Ferrari, 1880 Redo Numered 2/250SOLD An exquisite large antique 19th century Italian Neoclassical Grand Tour Carrara marble statue of Psyche, by Oreste Ferrari (1823 1880), signed and dated, Rome, 1880. The sculpture depicts a classically posed, beautiful, nude winged female figure, sitting in repose against a palm tree. She has a beautiful face and contemplatively stares into the foreground, her hair tresses cascade across her wings. She sits on a rocky outcrop, with one leg gently