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A BOXED SET OF PLASTER RELIEF PLAQUES AFTER THE ELGIN MARBLES
19TH CENTURY, JOHN HENNING (1717-1851)
The fitted timber case with eight shelves containing a total of forty six individual casts representing scale models of the Parthenon Frieze later known as the Elgin Marbles, some plaques cast with HENNING, F. LONDON, 1818, 1819, 1820, one shelf marked Phigaleia 1 to 12, (some cracks and chips), each cast approximately 23 x 6 x 0 .7cm, the box 42.5 x 17 x 29cm.
Sold for $2,600
Lot 178
19TH CENTURY, JOHN HENNING (1717-1851)
The fitted timber case with eight shelves containing a total of forty six individual casts representing scale models of the Parthenon Frieze later known as the Elgin Marbles, some plaques cast with HENNING, F. LONDON, 1818, 1819, 1820, one shelf marked Phigaleia 1 to 12, (some cracks and chips), each cast approximately 23 x 6 x 0 .7cm, the box 42.5 x 17 x 29cm.
Estimate $2,500 - $3,500
Classic Furniture, Objects and Design
AUCTION
Sale: LJ5625
12:00pm - 3 June 2012
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
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CONTACT
Guy Cairnduff
guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au
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