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    11 June 2013

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    • A CARRARA MARBLE GROUP OF THE
    Lot 277

    A CARRARA MARBLE GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES

    CIRCA 1880, AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA

    Price realised

    GBP 13,750

    Estimate

    GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000

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    A CARRARA MARBLE GROUP OF THE THREE GRACES
    CIRCA 1880, AFTER ANTONIO CANOVA
    Standing by a column carved with swags of flowers on a shaped base
    32 in. (81 cm.) high

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    Lot Essay

    This marble is a copy of Antonio Canova's magnum opus The Three Graces which depicts the nymphs Aglaia, Euphrosyne and Thalia - the three daughters of Zeus and the sea nymph Euronyme, as well as the handmaidens of Venus and companions of Apollo. Respectively, they represented elegance, mirth and youth, and beauty or the three phases of love: Beauty, arousing Desire, leading to Fulfilment.

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