Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 2nd October 2019

Lot 342

After the antique. A late 18th century Italian carved marble Grand Tour bust of Lysimachus

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £1800

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Description

After the antique. A late 18th century Italian carved marble Grand Tour bust of Lysimachus, on later marble plinth, 62cm high (overall).

Lysimachus (c.360 BC -281 BC) was a Macedonian officer and successor to Alexander the Great. He became a King in 306 BC, ruling Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia.