Sale 12580
London, South Kensington
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26 October 2016
Price realised
GBP 5,000
Estimate
SEVEN PLASTER LIFE MASKS AND HEADS LATE 19TH CENTURY AND LATER Including Dr. Samuel Johnson, after Joseph Nollekens; Thomas Bland death mask, cast by P. J. Hone; Inigo Jones, a female mask; a Classical head; a male head, together with a fibre-glass head of David after Michelangelo Dr. Johnson - 13 in. (33 cm.) high
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Pre-Lot Text
THE HONE COLLECTION (LOTS 1-143)
Inside the museum-like London home of Peter Hone, whose collection of statues, sculptures and architectural fragments is offered in our Interiors sale on October 26
The New York-based interior designer reveals his choice of items offered in the online Collector sale from 28 April to 7 May
From applique and back splats to veneering and wingbacks, an essential glossary of furniture terms
With her high-piled ringlets, gold earrings and heavy black kohl, the woman portrayed in this funerary painting offers a glimpse of life almost 2,000 years ago
Hongmiao Shi gets the specialists’ perspectives on a quartet of precious artworks and objects available for immediate purchase