LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A NEAPOLITAN BRONZE MODEL OF NARCISSUS
LATE 19TH CENTURY
After the Antique, the base inscribed Fonderia Sommer, Napoli and inset with retailers disc BELLMAN, IVEY & CARTER, NEW BOND STREET, BY APPOINTMENT TO THE QUEEN
24½in. (62.2cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The original sculpture currently forms part of the collection in the Museo Nazionale, Naples, having been transferred there shortly after its discovery in a humble Pompeian house in 1862. It is regarded as the last great sculpture of antiquity to be discovered.

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