A Pair of Early 20thC Faux Antico Rosso Painted Recumbent Stone Garden Lions sub-Antiques The Royal Society of British

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Height: 56” or 20” at seats

A Pair of Early 20thC Faux Antico Rosso Painted Recumbent Stone Garden Lions sub-Antiques The Royal Society of BritishOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Early 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1920 30Each: Height: 14Width: 10. 5Depth: 21The stylised composition stone lions, recumbent on rectangular bases with rams heads beneath, in old faux antico rosso paint and surviving from the first quarter of twentieth century continental Europe. The lions are in good overall order with commensurate weathering to the paint, showing small areas of loss; one being a plinth corner lacking. The