Lot Essay
A marble urn with similar leafy vine carving is illustrated in A. Gonzales-Palacios, Il Tempio del Gusto: Roma e il Regno delle Due Sicile, Milan, 1984, vol. II, p. 106, pl. 221.
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AN ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE URN-ON-PEDESTAL
Of ovoid form surmounted by a lid issuing a flaming finial, the body centering oval medallions depicting muses against a background of oak leaves above a pair of bearded masks to each side, on an octagonal socle, and egg-and-dart carved capital, the columnar base carved with foliage and birds on a square base, incorporating some 18th Century elements
75in. (190.5cm.) high
Of ovoid form surmounted by a lid issuing a flaming finial, the body centering oval medallions depicting muses against a background of oak leaves above a pair of bearded masks to each side, on an octagonal socle, and egg-and-dart carved capital, the columnar base carved with foliage and birds on a square base, incorporating some 18th Century elements
75in. (190.5cm.) high