Lot 220
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A MONUMENTAL MOORISH-STYLE TERRACOTTA VASE, of amphora shape with octagonal neck and serrated handles at the shoulder, decorated in relief overall with arabesques and mythological beasts--46¾in. high, including plexiglass and wood stand

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A MONUMENTAL MOORISH-STYLE TERRACOTTA VASE, of amphora shape with octagonal neck and serrated handles at the shoulder, decorated in relief overall with arabesques and mythological beasts--46¾in. high, including plexiglass and wood stand

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4The present vase is based on Moorish prototypes made circa 1400 for the Alhambra Palace, Grenada. It was most likely made in the second half of the 19th century, the height of the Orientalist movement in Europe.

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