Howzat for a marble sculpture thought to be one of the first depictions of a cricketer

A white marble sculpture of a young man holding what appears to be a cricket ball flew away from its estimate to bring $30,000 (£23,700) at Andrew Jones (25% buyer’s premium).

The finely carved and modelled figure of an idealised youth standing contrapposto may be among the…

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