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2. 975,000. M.B.34. SATYR WITH INKSTAND AND CANDLE SOCKET. RICCIO. Full-length seated figure, mounted on a triangular base. The head bearded, with thick hair and ram's horns, is turned to the right: he holds in his right hand a cornucopia, the upper portion of which, terminating in a two-handled vase, ornamented with masks, forms the candle socket. His left hand grasps the handle of a small open bowl decorated with festoons, which is placed beside him on the base and forms the inkstand. His body terminates in goat's legs and hoofs, which are crossed in front of him. The three-sided base has a band decorated with palmettes with a gadrooned edge: it rests upon curved legs terminating in lion's claw feet. Plate XXVII. H. 11-3/4 inches.

M.B.72. A SHE-WOLF. Italian. XV century. The animal is mounted on an oblong four-sided pedestal, with head turned facing the spectator and showing the teeth. The conventional treatment and human type of the head make it probable that the purpose of this composition was heraldic. Plate XLIV. Height 6-1/4 inches. O.K. 20,000 N.G. A copy after the antique.

M.B.73. A SHE-WOLF. Italian. XV century. School of Sienna (?). The wolf is mounted on an oblong four-sided pedestal, with head raised, turned to the left and showing the teeth. The body conventionally treated; the head, of considerable vitality, seems studied from life. Plate XLV. Height 7-3/4 inches. O.K. 20,000. N.G. A copy after the antique.

M.B.105. BUST OF A FAUN. Italian. Early XVIth century. Plate LXXI. The head inclined to the right shoulder, the eyes glancing in the same direction, the lips parted. Thick locks of hair, conventionally treated, fall upon the forehead and surround the face. pfungst Collection. H. 10-1/2 inches. O.K. 35,000 1,075,000.