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A Rare Grand Tour Model of a Striding Lion with Inlaid Eyes.
Attributed to Antonio Moglia (active: 1765 - 1783).
Porphyritic type stone.
Rome, Italy.
Late 18th Century / Early 19th Century.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Private North Country collection.
RELATED LITERATURE:
González-Palacios, Il seraglio di pietra. La sala degli animali in Vaticano, Rome, 2013.
P. Liverani, G. Spinola, Vaticano, La Sala degli Animali nel Museo Pio-Clementino, Milan, 2003, p. 31, 117-118.
G. Borghini, Marmi antichi, Rome, 1997, p. 216.
Dimensions
7.5cm high, 11cm wide, 5cm deep - 3 ins high, 4⅓ ins wide, 2 ins deepThe BADA Standard
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