Italy, Workshop of François Duquesnoy, The Sleeping Silenus, bronze plaquette, 17th century, Silenus, naked and dozing at the foot of a tree, surrounded by putti who tie him down with garlands, the putti in the foreground with the ears and hooves of a faun, 76.5mm x 109.5mm (Bange (1923), 2406 and pl. 36), very fine contemporary cast with brown patina
(600-800 GBP)