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Lot 143
Sale 5149 - Fine English Furniture & Decorative Arts
Jan 25, 2011
5:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$30,000 -
50,000
Price Realized
$70,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Frederic, Lord Leigton P.R.A. (British, 1830-1896) athlete wrestling with a python
Bronze, dark brown patina, modeled as a muscular athlete grasping a python at the throat as it coils around him, on a naturalistic base signed and dated "F. Leighton 1877" and inscribed 'Pubd. by Ernest Brown & Phillips, at the Leicester Galleries, Leicester Square, London", and numbered XIII, on marble plinth.
H: 22 1/2 in.