Sale 7381
London
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24 - 25 January 2007
Price realised
GBP 38,400
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
A SET OF FIVE ITALIAN SILVER TABLE-STATUETTES ITALIAN, CIRCA 1900 Each on a shaped circular base, the standing figure after Bernini's 'Neptune and Triton', the other four figures, each seated on naturalistic rock-work and emptying a water vessel, each marked near base 21½ in. (52 cm.) high (5)
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These figures were used as table centre-pieces during formal State banquets.
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