Antique French Neoclassical Rococo Bronze Figural Group of Wine Bacchantes by Clodion 1762 Sculpture The drawers run smooth

The drawers run smooth

Below is a screw that allows this lamp to be telescopically adjusted in height

possibly one of the best quality Secretaire a Abattants of it's kind one will see

circa 1950

Antique French Neoclassical Rococo Bronze Figural Group of Wine Bacchantes by Clodion 1762 Sculpture The drawers run smoothSOLD 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