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LOT 1977
Post Medieval Decorated Sandstone Modillion
18TH CENTURY A.D.
5 1/4 in. (921 grams, 13.2 cm).
Palmette motif with recurved lobbed finial, ribbed rim above; D-shaped panel to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From a Gloucestershire, UK, collection, 1990s.
Literature
Cf. similar ornate brackets in the Galleria dei Candelabri, Vatican City.
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