TWO ITALIAN GRAND TOUR ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE AND ALABASTRO FIORITO MINIATURE BASINS
TWO ITALIAN GRAND TOUR ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE AND ALABASTRO FIORITO MINIATURE BASINS

19TH CENTURY

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TWO ITALIAN GRAND TOUR ORMOLU-MOUNTED MARBLE AND ALABASTRO FIORITO MINIATURE BASINS
19TH CENTURY
Each body centered with a lion mask, on paw feet, the marble and porphyry plinths probably later
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) high, 6 ¼ in. (16 cm.) wide, 2 5/8 in. (6.5 cm.) deep, the larger
Provenance
The Collection of Henry Clarke; Christie’s, Monaco, 20 June 1998, lot 287.

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