Antique French Gilt Bronze Empire Neoclassical Statue Clock by Rabiat Paris 1810 Decorative Arts The bronze is finely cast

The bronze is finely cast by the lost wax method (cire perdue)

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that Gandharan art began to depict the first human representations of the Buddha

one bacchante is depicted standing & holding a fruiting vine

Antique French Gilt Bronze Empire Neoclassical Statue Clock by Rabiat Paris 1810 Decorative Arts The bronze is finely castIncredible investment quality antique French gilded bronze Empire eight day clock, "Allegory of Poetry" Claude Franois Rabiat circa 1810, in excellent condition. The clock depicts a handsome tall winged angel holding a stylus and leaning on a column with two volumes on philosophy. The column with four portrait plaques including "Caesar" and the writer philosopher "Xenophon", there are two further portrait plaques to the side of the column, the clock