Lot n° 282
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Olympic Games / Rome 1960 - Lot 282
Olympic Games / Rome 1960
Official Torch of the 1960 Rome Games
Classic, antique-style torch made of bronzed aluminum, fluted, with “Giochi della XVII Olympiade” engraved on the circular guard
Comes with its original cardboard presentation tube, illustrated with motifs from this Olympiad: the She-Wolf and the Rings.
Professor Amedeo Maiuri of the National Archaeological Museum of Naples drew inspiration from an Etruscan ceramic to design this torch
Height: 39.5 cm (the torch shows wax drips in some places)
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