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The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Country House

The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Country House

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 1443. A Group of Italian Marble and Alabaster Grand Tour Models, 19th Century.

A Group of Italian Marble and Alabaster Grand Tour Models, 19th Century

No reserve

No Reserves

Auction Closed

February 9, 09:35 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

modelled after the Antique, including the temples of Castor and Pollux and Vespasian in rosso di Verona, the Temple of Saturn in Siena marble and another of the temple of Castor and Pollox in alabaster and a Siena marble model of the sarcophagus of Scipio Barbatus in the Vatican


the tallest 13 ¼ in.;

33.5cm high

Christie's South Kensington, 11 June 2003, lots 204-206 and 221;

Where acquired by Aso O. Tavitian.

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