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A pair of third quarter 19th century Italian carved white marble allegorical figures depicting 'Winter' and 'Summer' from the 'Four Seasons' (2) image 1
A pair of third quarter 19th century Italian carved white marble allegorical figures depicting 'Winter' and 'Summer' from the 'Four Seasons' (2) image 2
A pair of third quarter 19th century Italian carved white marble allegorical figures depicting 'Winter' and 'Summer' from the 'Four Seasons' (2) image 3
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A pair of third quarter 19th century Italian carved white marble allegorical figures depicting 'Winter' and 'Summer' from the 'Four Seasons' (2) image 5
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A pair of third quarter 19th century Italian carved white marble allegorical figures depicting 'Winter' and 'Summer' from the 'Four Seasons'

21 November 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A pair of third quarter 19th century Italian carved white marble allegorical figures depicting 'Winter' and 'Summer' from the 'Four Seasons'

'Summer' depicted as a semi-clad young girl with flower dressed braided hair holding a posy and standing beside a naturalistic tree stump on rusticated circular base, 'Winter' as a young boy wearing a fur pelt and warming his hands over a fire on a matching rusticated base, 90cms and 93cms high respectively (2)

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Acquired by a private UK collector, Sotheby's, London, 29 November 1991, 19th Century Sculpture, lot 69.

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