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A PLASTER MODEL OF A CENTAUR AND A LAPITH MAIDEN FROM THE WEST PEDIMENT OF THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS
Lot 21

A PLASTER MODEL OF A CENTAUR AND A LAPITH MAIDEN FROM THE WEST PEDIMENT OF THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS

LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 73,250

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A PLASTER MODEL OF A CENTAUR AND A LAPITH MAIDEN FROM THE WEST PEDIMENT OF THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS
LATE 19TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE
In sections, on a modern painted board plinth applied with rosettes, not finished in the round.
The model: 102 in. (259 cm.) high; 87 in. (221 cm.) wide; 27 in. (69 cm.) deep approx.
The plinth: 20½ in. (52 cm. ) high; 96 in. (244 cm.) wide; 30 in. (76 cm.) deep

Historic plaster casts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sotheby's New York, 28 February 2006, primarily included in lot 158 or 161.

Specialist note

The 5th century Greek marble original is part of the collection of the Archaeological Museum, Olympia, Greece.
Photographed in situ in the cast gallery at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York circa 1907, see the illustration.

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