GALLERY SCULPTURE
A MATCHING PAIR OF ITALIAN MARBLE URNS, after the Medici and Borghese vases, each of campana form, intricately carved overall, the rim with an egg-and-dart border, the upper part of the rotating body decorated with a continuous relief of classical figures, one with two handles springing from bearded masks, the other with two bearded masks to each side, both with the lower part carved with acanthus leaf, on circular spreading, fluted foot and square plinth (each with repairs to rim), first half 19th century
Details
A MATCHING PAIR OF ITALIAN MARBLE URNS, after the Medici and Borghese vases, each of campana form, intricately carved overall, the rim with an egg-and-dart border, the upper part of the rotating body decorated with a continuous relief of classical figures, one with two handles springing from bearded masks, the other with two bearded masks to each side, both with the lower part carved with acanthus leaf, on circular spreading, fluted foot and square plinth (each with repairs to rim), first half 19th century
15½in. (39.4cm.) diam.; 19½in. (49.5cm.) high
15¼in. (38.8cm.) diam.; 19¾in. (50.2cm.) high (2)
15½in. (39.4cm.) diam.; 19½in. (49.5cm.) high
15¼in. (38.8cm.) diam.; 19¾in. (50.2cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Christie's House Sale, Durward's Hall, Kelvedon, Essex, 10th & 11th July, 1989, lot 178.