Lot 97
By Professor Giuseppe Bessi (1857-1922), Dante's muse with downcast eyes and wearing a diadem and coif, on rectangular plinth incised with title, signed to reverse.
Height 37cm, Width 35cm, Depth 17cm
Estimate $1,800 - $2,200
Surface dirt to folds of carving, diadem, edges of face and head, slight chip to tip of nose, scratches to rear of shoulders and chips around edges of plinth
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Property from The Hermitage, Vaucluse
The Collector's Auction
AUCTION
Sale: LJ8660
2:00pm - 28 November 2022
36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra
VIEWING
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 November, 10am - 4pm
The Bond, 36-40 Queen Street, Woollahra, NSW
CONTACT
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