Sale 2374
New York
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11 June 2010
Price realised
USD 6,875
Estimate
A CARVED POLYCHROME MARBLE BUST OF AN EMPEROR ITALIAN, 20TH CENTURY Depicted wearing a breast plate embossed with the head of Medusa(?) and a robe draped over his left shoulder, on a later white marble pedestal 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high, 24 in. (61 cm.) wide
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