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    5 July 2007

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    • A CARVED ONYX BUST OF A CLASSI
    Lot 207

    A CARVED ONYX BUST OF A CLASSICAL FEMALE

    ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 7,800

    Estimate

    GBP 7,000 - GBP 10,000

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    A CARVED ONYX BUST OF A CLASSICAL FEMALE
    ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY
    Depicted wearing a diadem and with a veil over her head; on a circular coloured marble socle with the inventory number '164'; minor restorations

    16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.3 cm.) high, overall

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    F. Russell ed., The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, revised edition 1991, no. 164, pl. 83.


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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.


    Pre-Lot Text

    PROPERTY FROM THE LOYD COLLECTION
    (LOTS 180-207)

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