Live Auction 5971An English Look - Robert Kime, Piers von Westenholz, David Bedale and James Graham-Stewart
Christie’s roundel
Lot 134

A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) WHITE BISCUIT FIGURE 'DELLO SPINARIO'

CIRCA 1800-10, INCISED TRIANGLE ENCLOSING CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Closed8 July 2009

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GBP 2,250

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A MEISSEN (MARCOLINI) WHITE BISCUIT FIGURE 'DELLO SPINARIO'
CIRCA 1800-10, INCISED TRIANGLE ENCLOSING CROSSED SWORDS MARK
After the Hellenistic bronze in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
17 in. (43 cm.) high

Edward James.
Christopher Gibbs.

Specialist note

Probably conceived in the first century BC, this sculpture is one of a few large-scale bronze works to survive from antiquity.