Italian Carved Marble Bust of Sappho
Italian Carved Marble Bust of Sappho
the famed Greek lyric poet wearing a laurel wreath, a posy of split pomegranates at her breast, both wreath and posy gilt-enhanced, on a fine Villefranche de Conflent marble columnar pedestal.
sculpture h. 32", w. 22", d. 10", pedestal h. 38-1/2"
Provenance: The Estate of Donald J. Hurst, Waterloo, Iowa.
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Italian Carved Marble Bust of Sappho
the famed Greek lyric poet wearing a laurel wreath, a posy of split pomegranates at her breast, both wreath and posy gilt-enhanced, on a fine Villefranche de Conflent marble columnar pedestal.
sculpture h. 32", w. 22", d. 10", pedestal h. 38-1/2"
Provenance: The Estate of Donald J. Hurst, Waterloo, Iowa.