A late 19th century Italian carved white marble bust of a classical female, possibly the goddess Niobe, together with a similar period carved alabaster pedestal The sitter depicted bare breasted with downcast face, looking slightly to sinister, her hair dressed in a chignon with narrow foliate bandeau, on circular socle base, the pedestal with canted square plateau top raised on a banded shankered tapering sectional support above a lobed lower vase section on moulded socle and canted shallow plinth base, the bust, 58cm high, 38cm wide, 22cm deep approximately, the pedestal, 99cm high, top 27cm wide and 27cm cm deep, the base 31cm wide, 31cm deep (2) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP TP For auctions held in Scotland: Please refer to the catalogue and/or after-sale information or contact Edinburgh@Bonhams.com for more information. For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (The Packengers, Unit 9, Abbey Mead Industrial Park, Brooker Road, Waltham Abbey, EN9 1HU, England, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue and/or after-sale information, sent out to all buyers post-sale. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 10 calendar days from the auction date. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing