Sale 5789
London
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15 May 1997
Price realised
GBP 8,050
Estimate
A French white marble figure entitled 'The Dragon-fly' By Mathurin Moreau, Last quarter 19th Century Of a scantily-clad winged nymph sat on a rock, an upturned urn and foliage at its foot, on a circular naturalistic base signed Math. Moreau, restorations, one finger broken 41 in. (104 cm.) high
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