Sale 7992
London, South Kensington
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20 May 1998
Price realised
GBP 1,955
Estimate
An Italian bronze figure of a youthful bacchus with wine sack First half 19th century After the Antique, on a rectangular plinth with canted angles 11.5/8in. (29.5cm.) high
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