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LOT 0408
Post Medieval Stone Roundel with Battle Scene
17TH-18TH CENTURY A.D. OR EARLIER
10 1/ in. (14.3 kg total, 26.5 cm high cm including stand).
A substantial stone tondo or roundel displaying a battle scene between the Greeks and Gauls composed of a nude warrior mounted on horseback charging right across a bridge, trampling a figure below and battling a warrior holding shield and brandishing a spear; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
ProvenanceAcquired in the 1990s.
with Hotel Des Ventes De Monte, Monaco, 14 December 2021, lot 10.
English private collection.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11695-199818.
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LOT 0408
Post Medieval Stone Roundel with Battle Scene
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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