Lot 146

Appears to be made up from several different elements, repairs to outer ring of armillary sphere, dirt and tarnishing to gilding on tripod, losses to gesso on square base revealing nails and gilding worn throughout.


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Christie's, South Kensington, La Strada Romana - Works of Art from a Private Roman Collection, 14 May 2008, lot 164