{"product_id":"roaring-lion-on-a-gadrooned-pedestal-marble-statue-205cm","title":"Roaring Lion on a Gadrooned Pedestal Marble Statue - 205cm","description":"\u003ch3\u003eDescription\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAloft on a moulded pedestal, a lion sits with its head turned out and its jaws wide. Both forelegs drop straight, the paws placed right at the cap's front margin, while the mane sweeps off the brow and falls well below the chest. Below stands a pedestal with a recessed face and a run of gadrooned lobes encircling its base. This marble is white, grey-veined through the pedestal and the cap above it. One animal with its pedestal is what is quoted here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLobes That Have to Close on the Return\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gadroon is a run of convex lobes, and like any repeating moulding it is caught out at the corner. The lobes have to arrive at the return face at exactly the point where the next run begins, or the corner shows a half lobe and the whole base looks like a mistake. So the perimeter is stepped off with dividers before a chisel touches it, adjusted until the same whole number of lobes fits every face, and each lobe's centre marked. They are then cut in passes right round the base rather than one face at a time, which holds them to a common height as well as a common width - a lobe that is correct in plan but shallow in section is just as obvious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn open jaw is the one feature that survives distance. The dark inside a mouth stays legible long after the mane has flattened into a single pale mass, which makes this a piece for a route and not a recess: a driveway, an entrance arch, the bottom of a wide stair, anywhere it registers at thirty paces as well as at three. At 205cm the pedestal takes the head well overhead, and it is composed for that view. The gadrooned base is the opposite: it is close-range work, so the piece rewards arriving as well as approaching. White marble with grey veining reads clearly against brick and dark hedging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eComposed for a Long Approach\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eNineteen to twenty-one weeks. Running the gadroon lobes round the base opens the work, since a repeating moulding cannot be reached later. The sunk field is cut after the gadroons, so its margins can be set off finished mouldings, and the bed on top is worked flat and proved. The lion comes from its own block: roughed seated, the forelegs left thick where they sit at the cap edge, then haunch and flank brought in. Combed waves are swept back off the brow and taken well below the chest line. The open jaw and its teeth are cut last of the animal, reached through the mouth itself. Assembly follows, courses bedded in order. No pin and no filler go into the animal, and its pedestal is bedded rather than glued. Roughly 5,027kg for one animal and pedestal, craned in turn onto a poured footing. Our main studios are in the UK (Birmingham) and Dubai, with additional global workshops.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePedestal-mounted beasts run through \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/animal-sculptures\"\u003eanimal sculptures\u003c\/a\u003e, with work of this height under \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/life-size-large-statues\"\u003elife size large statues\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSpecification\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable class=\"spec_table\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e205cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBase\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIncluded\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHand-Carved Natural Marble\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Giant Sculptures","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53834964762971,"sku":"MST-ANI-070","price":30880.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/3383\/2027\/files\/MST-ANI-070_1.jpg?v=1787590613","url":"https:\/\/giant-sculptures.com\/products\/roaring-lion-on-a-gadrooned-pedestal-marble-statue-205cm","provider":"Giant Sculptures","version":"1.0","type":"link"}