Ettore Ximines (Italian, 1856-1926): A patinated bronze figure of 'Equilibrium' or 'Balance' dated 1881
modelled as a young boy performing a circus conjuring trick, balancing on a ball on a wood grained rustic see-saw, the base signed, inscribed and dated E Ximines, Frienze 1881, the circular base with FONDERIA CARRADORI E Co, PISTOIA foundry mark, 68cm high
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The current lot is a reduction of a more monumental figure which was first exhibited by the sculptor in 1878.