Bidspirit auction | A SCULPTED MARBLE PLAQUE WITH

A SCULPTED MARBLE PLAQUE WITH THE VENETIAN LION OF SAINT MARK, LATE 20TH CENTURY, AFTER THE ANTIQUE - The winged lion modelled standing with right paw resting on an open book, the book inscribed from left to right, PAX EVAN | TIBI GELI | MAR STA | CE MEUS. The text inscribed on the present lot refers to the Latin phrase ‘Pax tibi, Marce, evangelista meus’ (‘Peace to you, o Mark, my evangelist’). Height 95 cm. Width 130 cm. Thick 30 cm.