A PINK MARBLE GROUP OF A MOTHER AND CHILD ENTITLED LA FILEUSE ARABE by Enrico Astori, the woman seated on a rug with her child in her arms, wearing a headress with a distaff in her hand, the base signedE. ASTORI MILANO on a granite pedestal with an Iznik style geometric carved frieze, quartrefoils and arabesque foliate scrolls, a coat of arms to one corner

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A PINK MARBLE GROUP OF A MOTHER AND CHILD ENTITLED LA FILEUSE ARABE by Enrico Astori, the woman seated on a rug with her child in her arms, wearing a headress with a distaff in her hand, the base signedE. ASTORI MILANO on a granite pedestal with an Iznik style geometric carved frieze, quartrefoils and arabesque foliate scrolls, a coat of arms to one corner
the group: 39½in. (100cm.) wide; 40in. (101.5cm.) high 32in. (81cm.) deep
the pedestal: 43¼in.(109cm.) wide; 28in.(71cm.) high; 35½in. (90cm.) deep

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Enrico Astori was born at St. Lazzaro Alberoni in 1858 and worked in Milan, where he exhibited in 1886. The following year he exhibited at Venice and in 1889 at Munich. At the 1900 Paris Exposition he was awarded the gold medal for La Fileuse Arabe.

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