Sale 3617
Paris
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23 June 2014
Price realised
EUR 22,500
Estimate
FIGURE ALLEGORIQUE EN MARBRE SCULPTE PROBABLEMENT REPRESENTANT L'ABONDANCE FRANCE, FIN DU XVIIEME OU DEBUT DU XVIIIEME SIECLE Pourvue d'une corne d'abondance et d'un bouquet des champs; flanquée d'un chien; reposant sur une base entièrement sculptée de forme rectangulaire Hauteur: 178 cm. (70 in.); Largeur: 69 cm. (27¼ in.)
Provenance
Par tradition dans la même famille depuis le XVIIIème siècle, château en Gironde.
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A CARVED MARBLE ALLEGORICAL FIGURE PROBABLY DEPICTING ABUNDANCE, FRENCH, LATE 17TH OR EARLY 18TH CENTURY
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