Lot 156: A BATACCHI (XIX) ALABASTER NOVEAU SCULPTURE SPRING

A BATACCHI (XIX) ALABASTER NOVEAU SCULPTURE SPRING Italian alabaster sculpture with gilt embellishments, Allegory of Spring, by A. Batacchi (XIX), an elegantly rendered work depicting an elaborately detailed beauty and floral garlands, remnants of gilt detail, signed verso A. Batacchi, Florence, lacking one finger, some chips and discoloration to surface.24"h, 28lbs**Note: A. Batacchi is recorded in Alfonso Panzetta vol. I, pg 77 as being active in Florence in the later part of the 19th century **