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LATE 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A pair of Italian biscuit porcelain figures of Romans
Late 19th or early 20th century
Each shown robed and seated, the base to one with impressed mark VOLPATO, on Siena marble plinths
11in. (28cm.) high, overall (2)
Late 19th or early 20th century
Each shown robed and seated, the base to one with impressed mark VOLPATO, on Siena marble plinths
11in. (28cm.) high, overall (2)
Special notice
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Sale room notice
The present biscuit figures are probably from the workshops of Giovanni Volpato, and date to the last quarter of the 18th century, on later marble bases, contrary to the catalogue entry. The estimate should read 1500-2000.