A PAIR OF ITALIAN EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY TWO-HANDLED URNS

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN EGYPTIAN PORPHYRY TWO-HANDLED URNS
Late 18th/Early 19th Century
Of Grecian amphora form, each with a removeable domed top with tapering bulbous finial, above a pinched neck flanked by rectangular handles, the tapering body above a turned socle and square plinth, on a square green serpentine base, one finial re-glued
28in. (71cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

A pair of lidded vases of green serpentine with related Grecian-style handles were purchased from the Parisian marchand-mercier Martin-Eloi Lignereux in 1803, by John Russell, 6th Duke of Bedford and sold by the Trustees of the Bedford Estates in these Rooms, 9 June 1994, lot 110.

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