Sale 2374
New York
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11 June 2010
Price realised
USD 6,000
Estimate
A BRONZE FIGURE OF FORTUNA FRENCH, LATE 17TH OR 18TH CENTURY Depicted holding a pair of shears in her right hand and a lock of hair in her raised left hand and standing with her right food on the wind, on a later circular green marble base 13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) high, 14½ in. (37 cm.) high with base
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