Sale 7445
London
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6 December 2007
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 122-126)
Price realised
GBP 28,100
Estimate
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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