Vintage Patinad Broze Armillary on Marble, 3ft

拍品描述

Vintage gold tone accented armillary sphere sundial mounted on tiered antique marble base, Ht app 33 inches, diameter app 35 inches, solid polished sienna orange marble base , the piece has an equatorial ring featuring Roman numerals an outer serrated ring, and an ecliptic band with raised astrological zodiac symbols, a long central gnomon arrow pierces the center for the sundial, to cast the time telling shadow, the sphere is held aloft by a figural atlas, there is an inscribed sundial motto which reads the heavens show his handy work on one side, and the other reads count none but sunny hours, garden statuary, garden sculpture, decorative object, bulk

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