THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA: AN ITALIAN SILVER FIGURAL CENTERPIECE MARK OF GIANMARIA BUCCELLATI, MILAN, SECOND HALF 20TH CENTURY
Realistically modeled as fisherman Santiago from Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea defending the marlin he caught from an attacking mako shark, engraved on underside 'Gianmaria Buccellati / Italy" and further marked 800 and WR
26 in. (66 cm.) long
132 oz. 16 dwt. (4,130 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 16 November 1998, lot 10.
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Realistically modeled as fisherman Santiago from Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea defending the marlin he caught from an attacking mako shark, engraved on underside 'Gianmaria Buccellati / Italy" and further marked 800 and WR
26 in. (66 cm.) long
132 oz. 16 dwt. (4,130 gr.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Geneva, 16 November 1998, lot 10.