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A Megara marble chimney piece, Louis XIV, early 18th century. The rectangular, compound moulded shelf above an opening outlined with bolection moulding forming a serpentine frieze in a bow
shape and with inner and outer mouldings. Magaris is a small but
populous state of ancient Greece whose inhabitants were adventurous
seafarers. The capital, Megara, is famous for is white marble which
was highly prized for statuary. Cicero recorded ‘I have paid 20400
sesterces to Lucius Cincius for the statue made form marble from
Megara’.
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