Sale 8009
London
|
8 December 2011
Price realised
GBP 6,000
Estimate
A CARVED MARBLE BUST OF A GENTLEMAN CIRCLE OF JOSEPH NOLLEKENS, CIRCA 1790-1810 On a circular marble socle and a cylindrical pink granite column on white marble foot carved with repeating border 21 in. (53.3 cm.) high; 25¾ in. (65.4 cm.) high, overall 42½ in. (108 cm.) high, the column.
Provenance
The pedestal in this lot was formerly part of the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
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