Lot Essay
A related vase design of the 1850s features in an unpublished trade catalogue assembled by Amerigo Vitti of S. Dalmazzo, Volterra (see M. Cozzi, Alabastro, Florence, 1986, p. 96. fig. 94).
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
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A pair of Italian alabaster vases and pedestals
Second half 19th Century
The vases each with scalloped and fluted overhanging rim, above the fluted waisted neck, with a pair of scrolling foliate and griffin-carved handles, above a frieze of fruit, the body carved to the front with a bouquet of flowers, with tapering gadrooned lower section, on circular spreading and stepped foot and on cylindrical pedestal with stepped foot and octagonal base, restorations
82½ in. (209.5 cm.) high (2)
Second half 19th Century
The vases each with scalloped and fluted overhanging rim, above the fluted waisted neck, with a pair of scrolling foliate and griffin-carved handles, above a frieze of fruit, the body carved to the front with a bouquet of flowers, with tapering gadrooned lower section, on circular spreading and stepped foot and on cylindrical pedestal with stepped foot and octagonal base, restorations
82½ in. (209.5 cm.) high (2)