A BEAUTIFUL, LARGE AND IMPRESSIVE VINTAGE ITALIAN SCULPTURE DESIGNED BY THE RENOWNED ITALIAN ARTIST A. BELCARI (AURO/AURELIO BELCARI), PRODUCED FOR THE DEAR STUDIO COLLECTION, ITALY. THIS ELEGANT EQUESTRIAN COMPOSITION DEPICTS A LADY RIDING SIDE-SADDLE ON A GALLOPING HORSE, BEAUTIFULLY MODELLED WITH EXCEPTIONAL ATTENTION TO MOVEMENT, DRAPERY AND FACIAL DETAIL. THE FIGURE IS INCISED "A. BELCARI" TO THE FRONT SCROLL AND BEARS THE TRADITIONAL STYLISED CAPODIMONTE 'N' TYPE MARK TO THE BASE. BELCARI'S WORK FOR DEAR BECAME HIGHLY COLLECTABLE DURING THE 1980S AND 1990S, WITH HIS SCULPTURES BEING SOLD WORLDWIDE THROUGH GALLERIES AND SPECIALIST RETAILERS. DEAR (SCULTURE D'ARTE, FLORENCE, ITALY) WAS KNOWN FOR PRODUCING HIGH QUALITY DECORATIVE FIGURAL SCULPTURES INSPIRED BY THE FAMOUS CAPODIMONTE TRADITION, COMBINING CLASSICAL ITALIAN DESIGN WITH FINELY MODELLED HAND-FINISHED DETAILS. LARGE EQUESTRIAN SUBJECTS SUCH AS THIS ARE CONSIDERABLY HARDER TO FIND THAN THE MORE COMMON SINGLE LADY FIGURES AND MAKE AN OUTSTANDING DISPLAY PIECE. THE SCULPTURE FEATURES DELICATE HAND-PAINTED DETAILS, SUBTLE GILT HIGHLIGHTS, A FLOWING MANE AND TAIL, PERIOD RIDING COSTUME, ORIGINAL WOODEN DISPLAY PLINTH AND A STRIKING SENSE OF MOVEMENT. A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF LATE 20TH CENTURY ITALIAN DECORATIVE ART AND AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION OF BELCARI, DEAR, CAPODIMONTE OR EQUESTRIAN SCULPTURE. PLEASE REFER TO ALL PHOTOGRAPHS AS THEY FORM AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE DESCRIPTION AND CONDITION.
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