Pair of Art Deco bookends with greyhound dogs in bronze and Portoro marble

Rare and refined pair of bookends from the Italian Art Deco period depicting two patinated bronze greyhound dogs assuming different poses on bases in fine Italian Portoro black marble. This type of black marble is very rare, called Portoro marble, or Portovenere, it is a fine variety of Italian marble coming from the suggestive Golfo dei Poeti, in the Ligurian province of La Spezia, and is one of the most beautiful among the polychrome marbles. Characterized by an intense and brilliant black color with golden veins ranging from pure yellow to honey colour. The particularity of its appearance makes it a unique marble, irreplaceable as an ornamental material. In perfect condition, price negotiable.