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A FRAGMENTARY CARVED MARBLE RELIEF OF A FANTASTICAL BEAST
Lot 67 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A FRAGMENTARY CARVED MARBLE RELIEF OF A FANTASTICAL BEAST

ROMANESQUE STYLE, ITALIAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed8 December 2011

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GBP 73,250

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A FRAGMENTARY CARVED MARBLE RELIEF OF A FANTASTICAL BEAST
ROMANESQUE STYLE, ITALIAN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
With two modern metal brackets to the reverse; minor chips and cracks
44 in. (112 cm.) wide

Specialist note

The present relief of a fantastical sea-monster - part lion, part fish and attacking what appears to be a wild boar - is closely related to another relief of the same subject dated to the 13th century and housed in the cenacolo of the Fondazione Stefano Romano, Florence.