EMPIRE ‘RETOUR D’ÉGYPTE’ STYLE WHITE MARBLE, PATINATED AND GILT BRONZE CONSOLE WITH CARYATIDS, 20TH CENTURY

rectangular white Carrara marble console, the frieze applied with gilt bronze mounts depicting winged griffins among scrolling foliage, chariot scenes and a central rosette, supported at the front by two winged female caryatids in patinated and gilt bronze wearing Egyptian-style headdresses, terminating in lion’s paw feet, the back with two marble pilasters framing a mirrored panel, on a stepped marble plinth with gilt fillets 98 x 139 x 40 cm