Sale 7412
London
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5 July 2007
PROPERTY FROM THE LOYD COLLECTION (LOTS 180-207)
Price realised
GBP 7,800
Estimate
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
F. Russell ed., The Loyd Collection of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, revised edition 1991, no. 164, pl. 83.
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