Pair of very important light-bearing mirrors representing... Lot 269

Pair of very important light-bearing mirrors representing Europe and Asia, made of jagged glass, with five contoured glass parts with engraved decoration of foliage scrolls and a figure of a woman with a bull at her feet symbolizing Europe for one, the other with a figure of a woman holding a sword, a camel at her side symbolizing Asia, in a frame of flowers and leaves, with three light arms; (accidents, missing and worn, restorations, including the wooden bottom, replacement of the fixing screws and probable replacement of the structure of the arms of light; two mascarons of later period). Venice, 19th century H : 188 cm, W : 125 cm