AN ITALIAN MARMO GIALLO SIENA ENCRIER

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AN ITALIAN MARMO GIALLO SIENA ENCRIER
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, MID-19TH CENTURY

Modelled as Scipio's tomb with Latin inscription the removable lid revealing three wells, on marmo nero belgio plinth---3 1/4 in.(8 1/2cm.) high, 6 in. (15cm.) wide (2)

Lot Essay

Scipio Africanus Major Publius Cornelius (236-184 B.C.), known principally for his defeat of Hannibal at Zama in 202 B.C.

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