Lot 328
328
An Italian sculpted Siena marble model of Scipio's Tomb, mid 19th century
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An Italian sculpted Siena marble model of Scipio's Tomb, mid 19th century

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An Italian sculpted Siena marble model of Scipio's Tomb, mid 19th century
After the Antique, modelled as an ink stand, the cover lacking, on a rectangular marmo nero Belgio base
8½in. (21.6cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

P. Cornelius Scipio (d. ca.183 B.C.) gained great fame as a Roman general during the first and second Punic wars, first expelling the armies of Hanibal from Italy, and then driving him from the Iberian peninsular. On his return to Rome in 201 B.C. he was honoured with the soubriquet Africanus. His tomb was considered highly ostentacious at the time of its construction.

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