A Massive 19thC French Terracotta Bust of Niobe reserved Fruits were sometimes featured as

Fruits were sometimes featured as the subject for glass in light fittings of this period with grapes being the most commonly used

There is certainly an oriental influence here with Chinese bronze examples of jardinières in antiquity having similar handles as this piece that feature the elephant masks and rings

on five cabriole legs

It coagulates the albumin in the tissues and in the blood

A Massive 19thC French Terracotta Bust of Niobe reserved Fruits were sometimes featured asOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd RepublicProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1870 1900Width: 22Height: 32. 5Depth: 16 or 10. 5 to socleThe massive, oversized terracotta bust of Niobe, at nearly three feet high, facing dexter and gazing slightly upward, wearing a draped shawl with cascading long hair, to a socle plinth base, the whole based on a Roman copy of the Greek original and surviving from late nineteenth century France. The condition of the bust is pretty