PAIR OF 17th CENTURY COLUMNS, PROBABLY ITALIAN WORK In moulded and carved walnut, decorated with flowering urns, leaning griffins and chimeras among foliage scrolls and pearl friezes, the Corinthian capitals and pedestals from the later period. H.115.5 cm (45 ½ in.) l. (capital) : 19,5 cm (7 ¾ in.) l. (base): 20 cm (7 ¾ in.) Provenance: from an estate in the south of France belonging to an aristocratic Italian family. A pair of 17th century carved walnut columns, probably Italian, the capitals and the stands later