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Portion of a Marble Sarcophagus Portion of a Marble Sarcophagus
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Portion of a Marble Sarcophagus

Unknown Artist

Art Funded
1931
Vendor
F Cavendish Bentick
Portion of a marble sarcophagus; architectural sculpture from the collection from Morton's House, Corfe Castle, Dorset.

Morton's House is a 16th century Elizabethan manor house. Built in 1590 in the shape of an 'E' to honour Queen Elizabeth I, it has in more recent times been sympathetically converted into a nineteen bedroom hotel

Provenance

From the collection from Morton's House, Corfe Castle, Dorset.

Marble

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