A COLLECTION OF EIGHT PLASTER CASTS OF ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS

MOSTLY 19TH CENTURY

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A COLLECTION OF EIGHT PLASTER CASTS OF ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
MOSTLY 19TH CENTURY
The mask: 18½ in. (47 cm.) high; 28½ in. (72 cm.) wide (8)

Provenance

Some: Historic plaster casts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby's New York, 28 February 2006, part lots 10, 70 and possibly others.

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Lot Essay

The stylised lion head, reputedly cast from a 5th century BC marble waterspout from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece.
One small capital reputedly cast from a 16th century wooden original in the Cathedral of St. Eienne, Limoges.

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