Sale 5543
Ashurst, Kent
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27 September 2004
Price realised
GBP 1,554
Estimate
A LARGE ENGLISH TERRACOTTA MODEL OF A LION AFTER THE MODEL BY ALFRED STEVENS, LATE 19TH CENTURY Shown 'sejant' on an octagonal base 41in. (104cm.) high, 13½in. (34.3cm.) wide at base
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Alfred Stevens (b.1817-d.1875) The design was conceived by Stevens in about 1852 to cap the railings outside the British Museum Comparative Literature: Diane Bilbey 'British Sculpture 1470-2000 at the V&A' London 2002. Catalogue entries 654-656.
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