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ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY AFTER THE ANTIQUE | Pair of Busts of the Emperors Augustus and Otho

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December 11, 04:05 PM GMT

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8,000 - 12,000 GBP

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ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY AFTER THE ANTIQUE

Pair of Busts of the Emperors Augustus and Otho


Italian and Greek white marbles and Giallo Nuvolato marble, on Portasanta marble socles

inscribed in ink to the reverses: Otho/ Caesar and Augustus/ Caesar

26cm., 10¼in. and 27cm., 10⅝in.


Inventory, 1893, 'A pair of small busts 10½ in white and coloured marbles “Otho” and “Augustus"' in the Library;

Inventory, 1949, 'A Pair of carved marble and alabaster busts, 10½ high' in the Dining Room

The quality of these beautiful early Grand Tour busts is high, and the marble used for the torsi, Giallo Nuvolato, rare.