Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

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ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY IN ROMAN IMPERIAL STYLE | Casket

Auction Closed

December 11, 04:05 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY

IN ROMAN IMPERIAL STYLE

Casket


marble

with a label to the interior of the lid inscribed in ink: Grecian Sarcophagus / from Capua

24 by 36 by 29cm., 9½ by 14⅛ by 11½in. without lid;

31.5 by 37 by 30cm., 12⅜ by 14½ by 11 /4 in. 

Inventory, 1949, '[part] Two marble Roman [sic] cinerary urns and covers, rectangular shape, 14 ½” x 12”, (one cover cracked)' on the Grand Staircase