Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection
ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY AFTER THE ANTIQUE | Pair of Busts of the Emperors Augustus and Otho
Auction Closed
December 11, 04:05 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
ITALIAN, 18TH CENTURY AFTER THE ANTIQUE
Pair of Busts of the Emperors Augustus and Otho
Italian and Greek white marbles and Giallo Nuvolato marble, on Portasanta marble socles
inscribed in ink to the reverses: Otho/ Caesar and Augustus/ Caesar
26cm., 10¼in. and 27cm., 10⅝in.
Inventory, 1893, 'A pair of small busts 10½ in white and coloured marbles “Otho” and “Augustus"' in the Library;
Inventory, 1949, 'A Pair of carved marble and alabaster busts, 10½ high' in the Dining Room
The quality of these beautiful early Grand Tour busts is high, and the marble used for the torsi, Giallo Nuvolato, rare.