A SET OF FOUR LEAD URNS, each with bulbous upper section decorated with alternating gadrooning and acanthus leaves, the body with four masks above drapery swags, the lower section with acanthus leaf decoration, on circular spreading foot with a guilloche border (weathered; repairs; three with the foot restored), 18th century | Christie's

Lot 1264

1264

A SET OF FOUR LEAD URNS, each with bulbous upper section decorated with alternating gadrooning and acanthus leaves, the body with four masks above drapery swags, the lower section with acanthus leaf decoration, on circular spreading foot with a guilloche border (weathered; repairs; three with the foot restored), 18th century

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A SET OF FOUR LEAD URNS, each with bulbous upper section decorated with alternating gadrooning and acanthus leaves, the body with four masks above drapery swags, the lower section with acanthus leaf decoration, on circular spreading foot with a guilloche border (weathered; repairs; three with the foot restored), 18th century
18½in. (47cm.) diam.; 20in. (50.8cm.) high (4)

Lot Essay

These vases with their festive satyr and nymph masks and bold gadrooned ornament, in the French Antique manner, relate to the vase designs of James Gibbs published in his Book of Architecture, 1728

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