Lot 425
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AN ITALIAN CARVED MARBLE FIGURE OF THE SLEEPING ARIADNE
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AN ITALIAN CARVED MARBLE FIGURE OF THE SLEEPING ARIADNE

CIRCA 1840

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AN ITALIAN CARVED MARBLE FIGURE OF THE SLEEPING ARIADNE
CIRCA 1840
After the Antique
29 in. (74 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) long; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep
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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage

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Lot Essay

Known as The Sleeping Ariadne, and also often identified as Cleopatra, this reclining figure is after the antique prototype dating from the late Hadrianic period (itself a copy of a 2nd century BC Greek prototype) housed in the Musei Vaticani, Rome.

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