Lot 252

Group of Carved and Polychrome Painted Alabaster Fruit (20th Century)

Estimate: $100 - $300

Price Realized: $67 Includes buyer's premium

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Lot 252
Group of Carved and Polychrome Painted Alabaster Fruit (20th Century)
Description
An assembled collection of twelve hand-carved alabaster fruit sculptures featuring realistically detailed forms with tinted polychrome surfaces mimicking natural rinds, skin gradients, and stems, including representations of a banana, pear, peach, fig, plum, lemon, and orange, dimensions variable with the banana element measuring 6 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 3 inches
Details
Alabaster, Pigment
Banana: 6 1/4 x 1 1/2 x 3 inches
Provenance
The Estate of Janice and Donald Rosenthal
Condition
Good Condition; scattered micro-chipping, superficial abrasions, and localized paint rubbing to the outer pigment layers along the protruding edges of the carved stone bodies


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