Pietro Bazzanti, Italian, late 19th century a white marble figure of a young girl sewing and reading, seated on a tree stump, inscribed 'Il Tempo Prezioso' signed P. Bazzanti, Florence, on a contemporary ebonised plinth, 36 cm dia. Height 79 cm. Note a similar figure by Bazzanti sold in London at Sotheby's on the 9th April 2003, lot 90