Live Auction 7817The Manolo March Collection From Son Galcerán, Mallorca
Christie’s roundel
Lot 322

A PAIR OF ITALIAN MARBLE MODELS OF THE MEDICI LIONS

AFTER FLAMINIO VACCA

Closed29 October 2009

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GBP 14,375

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN MARBLE MODELS OF THE MEDICI LIONS
AFTER FLAMINIO VACCA
Each on a plinth base, damages and restorations
27¼ in. (70 cm.) high; 37 in. (94 cm.) long (2)

Supplied by Pierre Lottier for Sa Torre Cega, Cala Ratjada, Mallorca in 1965.

Specialist note

These are after the celebrated Medici marble lions, one carved by Flaminio Vacca in the late 16th century as the pendant to an antique lion.