YEARS 80 Spectacular console, wrought iron structure... Lot 79

YEARS 80 Spectacular console, wrought iron structure with bronze patina, punctuated by four hermaphrodite pillars in terracotta. Black breccia marble top in three parts (restorations, pierced at three points). A large console, bronze patina wrought-iron underframe, terracotta figures, black marble top (Restored, drilled). H 86,5 x W 290 x D 70 CM - H 34 x W 114 1/8 x D 27 1/2 IN. PROVENANCE Hôtel Ellington, Nice HISTORICAL The hermaic pillars, very common in the Greek world, are sheaths surmounted by a head of the god Hermes. The model used here is the Hermes of Boethos, discovered in 1907 during archaeological excavations, and preserved in the Bardo Museum in Tunis.