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LOT 2319
Grand Tour Marble Specimen Panel
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
10 1/2 x 7 1/8 in. (2.81 kg, 26.5 x 18 cm).
A rectangular plaque with four rows and seven columns of various marble and imperial porphyry specimens, from the Grand Tour.
Provenance
Acquired at Shepton Mallet Fair, Somerset, UK, in 2010.
From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.
Literature
For similar see Coutau-Bégarie Paris, 3rd June 2022, lot 303.
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