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THE PRESENT BUST IS TAKEN FROM THE LIFESIZE MARBLE GROUP OF AJAX CARRYING THE BODY OF PATROCULUS, THOUGHT TO DATE FROM 230 B.C., IN PALOZZO PITTI, CORTILE DELL'AJACE, FLORENCE.
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A BRONZE AND PARCEL GILT BUST OF AJAX
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, THE SOCLE INSCRINED SOCIéTé DES BRONZES RE-PATINATED AND GILDED, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY -- 10IN. (25.4CM.) HIGH, ON AN ASSOCIATED ROUGE BRECCIA MARBLE PLINTH WITH LEAF-CAST GALLERY -- 17½IN. (44.5CM.) HIGH, OVERALL
SEE COLOUR PLATE.
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, THE SOCLE INSCRINED SOCIéTé DES BRONZES RE-PATINATED AND GILDED, FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY -- 10IN. (25.4CM.) HIGH, ON AN ASSOCIATED ROUGE BRECCIA MARBLE PLINTH WITH LEAF-CAST GALLERY -- 17½IN. (44.5CM.) HIGH, OVERALL
SEE COLOUR PLATE.