Last chance to save 皇冠体育app Crouching Venus sculpture, a pair of Italian baroque console tables and an Italian Empire Ath茅nienne
Culture Minister places temporary export bar on significant and rare items.
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皇冠体育app items saved are:
A white marble sculpture dating from 1702 of . 皇冠体育app sculpture is a rare surviving example of a classical subject in marble carved by the Netherlandish sculptor John Nost the Elder (d. 1710) working in England.
A pair of that appear to have been made to celebrate the Venetian conquest of the Morea, or Greek Peloponnese, between 1685 and 1688. 皇冠体育app pictorial marquetry tops are by Lucio de Lucci (fl. 1680-1700) and are made of different European and exotic hardwoods embellished with stained horn, ivory and pewter. 皇冠体育app boxwood bases are attributed to the famous wood carver Andrea Brustolon (1662-1732), described by Balzac as the 鈥淢ichelangelo of wood鈥�. It is possible that they were made for the commander of the Venetian forces, Doge Francesco Morosini. 皇冠体育appy form part of a group of six tables by Lucio and Antonio de Lucci depicting events in the re-conquest of Eastern European territory from the Turkish Empire. This pair of tables is thought to have been acquired by the 5th Duke of Buccleuch during the 1830s and was sold by the 8th Duke in 1971.
A . This ornate wash basin on stand was designed by Luigi Manfredini and made in Milan in 1813. Produced when Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte ruled much of Europe it may possibly have been given to the French Imperial Family by Napoleon鈥檚 stepson, Eugene de Beauharnais, Viceroy of Italy. Made in the Neo-classical style it is based upon a Roman tripod stand discovered at Herculaneum on 18 July 1748 and is decorated with ormolu mounts and the vibrant blue stone lapis lazuli. 皇冠体育app stand is topped by a finely chased sliver-gilt bowl depicting the gods 鈥楴eptune and Amphitrite鈥�.听
皇冠体育app Culture Minister鈥檚 rulings will provide a last chance to raise the money to keep these items in the United Kingdom.听
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皇冠体育app Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest
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