A Pair of Early 20thC Italian Carved Marble Faux Fruits as an Apple & Peach sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The Bases: 12” square

The Bases: 12” square

This was the only authentic likeness of Jesus Christ and was cut on an emerald by command of Tiberius Caesar

The frame is contemporary and effective

right down to the folds on her majesty’s blouse

A Pair of Early 20thC Italian Carved Marble Faux Fruits as an Apple & Peach sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The Bases: 12” squareOrigin: Italian Period: Early Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1925 45 The Apple: 3. 25 diameter & 2. 5 high The Peach: 2. 75 diameter & 2. 25 high The very fine pair of Italian carved marble faux fruits each naturalistically modelled and hand chiselled and painted, one as an apple, the other a peach, and surviving from the second quarter of the twentieth century. Generally in good condition the fruits have expected wear, with one or two slight