A EUROPEAN SUBJECT URN AND COVER

CIRCA 1790

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A EUROPEAN SUBJECT URN AND COVER
Circa 1790
Finely painted front and back in delicate tones of sepia and gilt with a smoky fire burning in a Roman bronze brazier, all between handles molded with rosevine enriched in gilt and iron-red, the pedestal base and stepped cover with molded and enamelled dentilling in purple, gilt and iron-red
12½in. (32cm.) high

Lot Essay

This same disctinctive decoration, which must have been inspired by a piece unearthed in one of the classical excavations that so fascinated late 18th century society, appears on a vase then in the collection of Mr. Basil and the Hon. Mrs. Ionides, illustrated by M. Jourdain & R.S. Jenyns, op. cit., p. 123

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