An Italian Neoclassical black marble obelisk circa 1830

after one in the Piazza del Popolo, Rome

Very decorative. The obelisk itslef has been broken at some stage and there is evidence of this damage in the form of filler, glue and cracks where the broken elements have been joined. The plinth is loose on its stand and there are cracks to the inscribed section. There are chips to the moulded corners and crude filler is visible at some of these points.
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For a very similar obelisk see Sotheby's, New York, 27th September 1996, lot 94.