Lot 18
18
A MEISSEN MARCOLINI BISCUIT FIGURE OF THE 'SPINARIO', representing a nude boy, seated on a flowing garment, drawing a thorn from his foot, on oval base (minor chip, minor repairs), marked in blue and also impressed with double swords above a star, L38. and 39, ca. 1800,

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A MEISSEN MARCOLINI BISCUIT FIGURE OF THE 'SPINARIO', representing a nude boy, seated on a flowing garment, drawing a thorn from his foot, on oval base (minor chip, minor repairs), marked in blue and also impressed with double swords above a star, L38. and 39, ca. 1800,
26 cm wide, 30 cm high

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The original antique bronze statue in the Museo dei Conservatori, on the Capitoline Hill in Rome

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