Sale 5543
Ashurst, Kent
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27 September 2004
Price realised
GBP 14,340
Estimate
A TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF DIANA DE GABIES MID 19TH CENTURY After the Antique 63½in. (161cm.) high; And an associated stoneware pedestal, possibly by the Garnkirk Fireclay Works, Scotland -- 34¼in. (87cm.) high (2)
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The marble original of this model was excavated in 1792 on Prince Borghese's property at Gabii, outside Rome by Gavin Hamilton. It was purchased by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1807, and was displayed in the Louvre, Paris, by 1820 where it remains today.
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Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art