
Auction Closed
October 23, 06:38 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A WEDGWOOD AND BENTLEY BLACK BASALT BUST OF THE POET SAPPHO LATE 18TH CENTURY
wearing classical drapery, her hair under a draped cap, upon a separate socle base, impressed uppercase SAPPHO to reverse of bust, the underside WEDGWOOD & BENTLEY.
Height 14⅝ in.
37.2 cm
Sotheby's London, April 27, 1976, lot 32