sculpté au centre d'une cigale stylisée logée entre deux ovales abritant chacun un personnage mobile pivotant sur un axe vertical, orné au-dessus et en dessous de deux feuilles d'acanthes croisées

There are minute chips to the extremities of the plaque. The stone is an even white colour, without any yellow tone, contrary to what the catalogue illustration suggests.
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