A Late 18thC Terracotta of a Captured Barbary Pirate after Pietro Tacca (1577-1640) sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Bamboo is commonly known as

Bamboo is commonly known as the "friend of China"

Florence Schieffelin

resting on square geometric feet

Depth: 19” (all at extremities)

with a natural and honest patina and deep colour which could be further brought out with some coloured wax

A Late 18thC Terracotta of a Captured Barbary Pirate after Pietro Tacca (1577-1640) sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage Bamboo is commonly known asOrigin: ItalianPeriod: Late 18thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1780Width: 7Height: 17. 75Depth: 8Exquisitely proportioned and detailed, and in unrestored condition, the terracotta, after the bronze chained captives by Pietro Tacca (c. 1620 24), representing Barbary pirates chained and enslaved after naval victories over the Ottoman Turks, the study showing the captive bound and crafted as a grand tour memento and surviving from late eighteenth century