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LOT 0373
Imperial Porphyry Specimens from the Grand Tour Set into a Marble Table Top
LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY A.D.
15 1/2 in. (14.75 kg, 39.3 cm).
Porphyry specimens set into a circular marble 'table top' with a black band border similar to items from the workshop of Francesco Sibilio.
ProvenanceAcquired from Diana Steel in Suffolk around 2000.
From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman.
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LOT 0373
Imperial Porphyry Specimens from the Grand Tour Set into a Marble Table Top
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
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Marble Head of the Greek Goddess Aphrodite
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,460
Modelled in the round as a bust of a youthful female, possibly Aphrodite with her hair bound by a narrow filet tied at the nape of the neck and the tails retained by a flat ribbon at the rear; the face perhaps modelled on the statue 'Aphrodite of Knidos' by Praxiteles; socket to crown of the head for attachment of a nimbus (now absent); mounted on a socle base. 12.6 kg, 40.5 cm
Acquired on the Los Angeles art market. Private collection, England. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.13095-249678.
This magnificent head of a woman with an elaborate hairstyle is in perfect harmony with the artistic works of several neo-classical sculptors of 18th century, yet subtly different from it in stylistic terms, like Giovanni Marchiori, and to the so-called stone Venus or Flora in the Museo Civico di Treviso. -
Indus Valley Style Terracotta Bull Group
20th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
A group of four zebu bulls, each with painted details. 406 grams total, 90-94 mm
Very fine condition.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK, auction 153, no.637; 156, no.908; 159, no.1509; and 163, no.814. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Post Medieval Boxwood Snuff Box with the Crucifixion
18th-19th century A.D.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rectangular in profile with carving to the lid including crucified Christ, three dice, column with cockerel, ladder, spear and other symbols; foliage motif to body. 83 grams, 93 mm
Private collection, Europe. Acquired on the Belgian art market.
