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    Sale 7445

    Important European Furniture, Sculpture and Tapestries

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    6 December 2007

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    • AN OVAL CARVED MARBLE RELIEF O
    Lot 123

    AN OVAL CARVED MARBLE RELIEF OF THE THREE GRACES

    PROBABLY ITALIAN, MID 17TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 28,100

    Estimate

    GBP 5,000 - GBP 8,000

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    AN OVAL CARVED MARBLE RELIEF OF THE THREE GRACES
    PROBABLY ITALIAN, MID 17TH CENTURY
    INSCRIBED AROUND THE EDGE IN LATIN 'NON QVOD SINT NVDA, SED QVID NVDAE ASPICE MONSTRENT'; IN A LATER OVAL GILTWOOD FRAME
    16 1/8 IN. (41 CM.) HIGH, THE RELIEF

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 122-126)

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