Live Auction 22980Philip Hewat-Jaboor: An Eye for the Magnificent
AN ITALIAN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY FRAGMENT
Lot 11

AN ITALIAN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY FRAGMENT

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

Closed8 February 2024

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GBP 23,940

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AN ITALIAN IMPERIAL PORPHYRY FRAGMENT
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
On an Imperial porphyry revolving plinth
31 in. (79 cm.) high, including plinth

The fragment: By repute, with Valerio Turchi, Rome, where acquired by Philip Hewat-Jaboor in March 2005.
The plinth: Acquired from Philip Astley-Jones, April 1983.

Specialist note

As discussed in the Porphyry Introduction (on p. 16 of the catalogue) objects such as this were re-worked in later centuries from larger existing antique porphyry objects and architectural columns.