THE BEAUTY WITHIN: The Chenel Collection
London
THE BEAUTY WITHIN: The Chenel Collection 
Sotheby’s is delighted to present the unique Chenel Collection, “The Beauty Within”, an intimate view from the Rive Gauche; Ancient Sculptures, European Works of Art, Picasso Ceramics, Design and Furniture, compose the refined selection defined by the personality of the renowned Galerie Chenel.
11 December 2020 | London | full auction details
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Selected Lots
Pablo Picasso Petite Chouette (A. R. 82)
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Pablo Picasso Profil de Jacqueline, (A. R. 385)
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Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, Chouette (A. R. 48)
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Pablo Picasso Quatre Profils Enlaces (A. R. 88)
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Pablo Picasso Femme (A. R. 297)
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Pablo Picasso Visage a la Grille (A. R. 351)
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Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso, Lampe femme (See A. R. 294-295, 298-299)
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Pablo Picasso Corrida aux personnages (A. R. 104)
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Pablo Picasso Vallauris, (A. R. 331)
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Pablo Picasso Visage de femme (A. R. 220)
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Pablo Picasso Vase deux anses hautes (A. R. 141)
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Pablo Picasso Vase deux anses hautes (A. R. 213)
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Pablo Picasso Femme du barbu (A. R. 193)
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Pablo Picasso Vase deux anses poissons (A. R. 133)
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Pablo Picasso Tarasque (A. R. 247)
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Pablo Picasso Hibou (A. R. 224)
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Pablo Picasso Tete de Faune
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Pablo Picasso Quatre Profils Enlaces (A.R. 87)
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Pablo Picasso Pichet aux Arums (A. R. 189)
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Pablo Picasso Cruchon hibou (A. R. 293)
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Pablo Picasso Visage gravé noir (A. R. 210)
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Pablo Picasso Nature morte (A. R. 219)
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Pablo Picasso Vallauris (A. R. 330)
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Pablo Picasso Femme (A. R. 297)
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Pablo Picasso Visage dans un ovale (A. R. 275)
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Pablo Picasso Visage dans un ovale, (A. R. 277)
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Pablo Picasso Joueur de diaule, (A. R. 1)
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Pablo Picasso Colombe sur lit de paille (A. R. 79)
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Pablo Picasso Toros (A. R. 161)
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Pablo Picasso Tête de chèvre de profil, (A. R. 109)
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A Greek Terracotta Figure of a Goddess, Boeotia, circa mid 6th Century B.C.
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A Mycenaean Terracotta Figure of a Goddess, circa 1400-1300 B.C.
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A Near Eastern Terracotta Rhyton, possibly Phrygian, circa 800-500 B.C.
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A Coptic Wood Figure, circa 4th/12th Century A.D.
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An Egyptian Polychrome and Gilt Cartonnage Mummy Mask, late Ptolemaic Period, circa 100-30 B.C.
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An Egyptian Limestone Head of a King, early Ptolemaic Period, circa 304-350 B.C.
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A Fragmentary Egyptian Banded Alabaster Jar, 1st Dynasty, 2965-2815 B.C.
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An Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Lion-Headed Goddess, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.
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A Fragmentary Egyptian Red Granite Figure of the Horus Falcon, Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 B.C.
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An Egyptian Quartzite Fragment of a Naophorous Statue, New Kingdom, 1550-1075 B.C.
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An Egyptian Polychrome Limestone Relief fragment, 26th Dynasty, reign of Psamtik I, 664-610 B.C., or earlier
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An Egyptian Composite Wood and Bronze Figure of an Ibis, Late Period, 716-30 B.C., in whole or in part
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A Fragmentary Egyptian Polychrome Limestone Sarcophagus Mask, 30th Dynasty/early Ptolemaic Period, circa 380-250 B.C.
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An Egyptian Figure of a Sphinx, Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 B.C., the head either Roman, circa 2nd Century A.D., or 18th Century
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An Egyptian Limestone Sarcophagus Mask, 30th Dynasty/early Ptolemaic Period, circa 380-250 B.C.
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An Egyptian Alabaster Jar, Early Dynastic Period, 1st/2nd Dynasty, circa 2920-2649 B.C.
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A Fragmentary Egyptian Basalt Naophoros, 1st half of the 26th Dynasty, circa 664-600 B.C.
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A Fragmentary Egyptian Granite Head of Isis, Late Period, 716-30 B.C.
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An Egyptian Limestone Head of a Lion, Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 B.C.
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An Egyptian Fragmentary Brown Steatite Figure of Hathor, Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 B.C.
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An Egyptian Alabaster Jar, Predynastic Period (Nagada II)/1st Dynasty, circa 3500-2900 B.C.
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An Egyptian Green Faience Djed Pillar Amulet, Late Period, 716-30 B.C.
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A Bucchero Ware Pottery Oinochoe, 7th/6th Century B.C.
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An Apulian red-figured Globular Pyxis, circa 350-330 B.C.
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An Apulian Red-figured Amphora, circa 350-330 B.C.
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An Apulian Red-figured Pelike, circa 350-330 B.C.
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An Attic Black-figured Amphora, attributed to the Princeton Group, circa 540-530 B.C.
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An Attic Black-figured Amphora, attributed to the Princeton Group, circa 540-530 B.C.
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An Apulian Red-figured Bell Krater, circa 350-340 B.C.
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A Campanian Black-glazed Squat Lekythos, 4th Century B.C.
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A Roman Marble Figure of Fortuna, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Ptolemaic Marble Head of a Queen in the guise of Isis, circa 2nd Century B.C.
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A Roman Marble Cinerary Urn inscribed for Lucius Versenus Paulinus, 1st/2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Herm Head of the Young Dionysos, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Figure of Zeus, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Boy, circa 2nd half of the 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Figure of a Youth, circa 2nd Century A.D., with 18th-Century Head of Marcus Aurelius
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A Roman Marble Fountain Figure of a River God, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Torso of a Youth, circa 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Portrait Statue of a Woman, circa 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Fountain Figure of a Nymph, circa 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Portrait Bust of a Woman, Reign of Agrippina, circa A.D. 20-40
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A Roman Marble Cinerary Urn and Lid, circa 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Figure of Eros, circa 1st Century B.C.
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A Monumental Marble Portrait Head of the Emperor Nerva, late 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Pavonazzetto Marble Trapezophoros in the Form of a Barbarian, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Torso of Hermanubis, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Giallo Antico Marble Figure of Herakles, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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Two Ionic Marble Capitals, circa 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Garland Sarcophagus Fragment, circa A.D. 135
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A Roman Red Marble Double-sided Relief with Erotes, late 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Composite Capital, 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Figure of a Nymph holding a Shell , circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Column Sarcophagus Fragment, Asia Minor, circa A.D. 250-260
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A Roman Marble Portrait Head of a Man, probably Thucydides, 2nd Century A.D.
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A Marble Grave Stele inscribed for Gaius Iulius of Byzantium, Asia Minor/Eastern Aegean, 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Season Sarcophagus Fragment, 3rd Century A.D.
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A Fragmentary Roman Marble Figure of a Woman or Goddess, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Centauromachy Sarcophagus Fragment, circa mid 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Corinthian Pilaster Capital, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Portrait Bust of Hermarchos of Mytilene, circa 1st Century A.D.
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A Late Hellenistic Marble Head of a Goddess, probably Kybele, 2nd/1st Century B.C.
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A Hellenistic Marble Head of a Goddess, circa 2nd/1st Century B.C.
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A Roman Marble Head of a Man, circa 2nd Century A.D., on later shoulders
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A Roman Marble Finial, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Herm Bust of Priapos, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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Two Roman Marble Janiform Herm Heads, circa 2nd century A.D., mounted as a pair on red marble shafts, probably in the 19th Century, circa 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Giallo Antico Marble Herm Bust of Dionysos, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Giallo Antico Marble Herm Head of Hermes, circa 1st Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Relief Plaque, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Hellenistic Marble Head of a Woman or Goddess, 2nd/1st Century B.C.
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A Roman Marble Pilaster Capital Fragment, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Feline Paw, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Fragmentary Roman Marble Theater Mask, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Funerary Plaque inscribed for Gaius and Julia, probably Gallo-Roman, circa 2nd/3rd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Right Foot, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Pilaster Capital Fragment, circa 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Portrait Bust of a Man, the head circa A.D. 80, the shoulders 2nd Century A.D.
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A Roman Marble Bust of a Man, circa 2nd Century, with restored head of Vitellius
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A Byzantine Mosaic Fragment, circa 4th/5th Century A.D.
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A Byzantine Mosaic Fragment, 5th/6th Century A.D.
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A Marble Trapezophoros, probably after the antique
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A Gold Necklace with Twelve Roman Intaglios, 1st/2nd century A.D.
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Italian, 19th century Pair of Relief Medallions with Venus and Cupid and Mars
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French, in Ancient Egyptian Style Pharaoh
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Italian, probably 17th century Bust of Helios Alexander
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Italian, early 19th century Mosaic with Venus on a Dolphin
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Italian, possibly 18th century Column
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An Italian micromosaic floral still life panel, Rome, mid-19th century
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French, Île de France, circa 1330-1380 Canopy from a Tomb
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Italian, 17th century Monumental Bust of a Philosopher
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Workshop of Nicolo Roccatagliata (circa 1560-1629) and Sebastiano Nicolini (active from 1614), Italian, Venice, circa 1600 Putto
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French, 18th century Diana Chasseresse
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French, Ile de France or Lorraine, second half 14th century Virgin and Child
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French, early 14th century Head of the Virgin
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North Italian, 16th century Pilaster
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Italian, 16th century Pair of Pilasters
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Italian, Tuscany, 16th century Pair of Architectural Brackets
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Italian, Tuscany, 16th century Pair of Architectural Brackets
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French, 14th century Relief with Saint John, Saint Michael, Saint Denis, and an Apostle
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Italian, probably Rome, first half 19th century Eagle attacking a Goat
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North Italian, early 18th century
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South Italian, probably 14th/ 15th century Corbel with a lion
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Northern Italian, 16th century Relief roundel with an Emperor
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Italian, 18th century Basin
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A large Italian porphyry urn, 18th century and later
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An Italian carved porphyry urn, 19th century
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Italian, probably 16th century Mortar
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Italian, 18th century Fountain Mask
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Italian, 19th century, After the Antique Table Leg in the form of a Lion
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Italian, Rome or Naples, 18th century Pair of Pilaster Columns
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Italian, circa 1700 Escutcheon
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Italian, Venice, in 15th century style Escutcheon with an Eagle
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Théodore Rivière Néron (The Emperor Nero in Repose)
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Italian, 16th century Sleeping Cupid
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Italian, 16th century Head of a Sleeping Bishop
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Italian, 19th century Pair of Goblets
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Italian, 18th century Roundel with Faustina
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Italian, early 19th century Personification of the Nile
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Italian, 17th century The Last Supper
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Italian, 16th century Planter with Putto Heads
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Italian, circa 1800 Pair of Columns
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Italian, probably 18th century Column
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Italian, 19th century Pair of Columns
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Italian, 19th century Pair of Columns
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Southern Netherlandish, late 16th/ early 17th century Helmet Fragment
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Indo-European, possibly 17th century Pair of Animals
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Italian, 18th century Bust of a Vestal Virgin
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Italian, 18th century Bust of an Emperor
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French, 17th century Crucifix
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French, 17th century Pair of Scrolling Volutes
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Italian School, 18th Century A capriccio view of Santa Maria di Montesanto and the Flaminio obelisk, Piazza del Popolo, Rome
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Italian School, 17th Century A set of architectural vedute
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Preclassic stone head, Guerrero/Central Highlands, Mexico, Late Preclassic, circa 300/100 BC
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A carved oak lifesize and articulated artist's mannequin, probably French, early 19th century
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A pair of Italian carved lumachella brecciata minuta vases, late 18th century
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An Italian breccia dorata marble vase, circa 1800
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An Italian neoclassical carved marble vase, Rome, late 18th century/early 19th century
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A pair of George IV mahogany hall chairs, circa 1825
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A North Italian Renaissance style painted and parcel gilt gesso and wood tabernacle frame, probably Tuscany, incorporating old elements
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An Italian carved granito del foro vase, 17th century
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An Italian carved white marble candelabrum, Rome, early 19th century
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An Italian neoclassical carved marble candelabrum, Rome, late 18th century
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An Italian Neoclassical carved giltwood console table, Rome, circa 1780
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A sculptor's walnut tripod low stand, probably French, early 20th century
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A Spanish Baroque walnut trestle table, 17th century
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A North Italian carved walnut sofa, probably Parma, mid-18th century
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An Austrian parcel-gilt intarsia inlaid walnut display cabinet, late 19th century
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An Italian pietra paesina and hardstones inlaid ebonised casket, the panel in the lid, Florence, 18th century, the other panels, Rome and 17th century; the casket late 19th century/early 20th century
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A pair of South Italian carved parcel-gilt and painted console tables, Neapolitan, circa 1760
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A sculptor's oak tripod stand, probably French, 20th century
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Austrian School, 19th century Secessionist pedestal
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Lella and Massimo Vignelli Metafora Table
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Italian School, 20th century Floor lamp
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Mario Bellini Three piece Camaleonda sofa
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Sacha Ketoff Dining set comprising one table and six chairs
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Michel Buffet Lounge Chair
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François Monnet Coffee Table
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Bruno Gecchelin Tegola Floor lamp
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Vittorio Introini A Pair of Larissa Armchairs
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Maria Pergay Extendable console table
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French School A Pair of Art Deco wardrobes
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