Live Auction 5706The Opulent Eye - 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe
AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF PLATO
Lot 231 PROPERTY FROM AN EASTERN EUROPEAN COLLECTION (231 & 232)

AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF PLATO

CAST BY FONDERIA GEORGIO SOMMER, NAPLES, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Closed20 September 2012

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GBP 4,375

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AN ITALIAN PATINATED BRONZE BUST OF PLATO
CAST BY FONDERIA GEORGIO SOMMER, NAPLES, AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Inscribed 'Fonderia Georgio Sommer Calabritto 2-3 Napoli Made in Italy' on a Sienna brocatello marble socle, with inventory mark '50' and three daisy marks
27¼ in. (69 cm.) high, overall

Acquired in the late 19th/early 20th century, and by descent.