Lot 1265
1265
A PAIR OF ENGLISH LEAD URNS, each with the handles, rim, lower body and foot elaborately cast with acanthus leaf decoration, the upper body with two relief cartouches of mythological scenes (traces of pair; repairs), 18th century

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A PAIR OF ENGLISH LEAD URNS, each with the handles, rim, lower body and foot elaborately cast with acanthus leaf decoration, the upper body with two relief cartouches of mythological scenes (traces of pair; repairs), 18th century
31in. (78.8cm.) wide; 29in. (73.6cm.) high (2)
Provenance
The collection of Marjorie Wiggin Prescott, sold Sotheby's, New York, 21st April 1989.

Lot Essay

The Bacchic frieze is partly inspired by that of the Borghese vase

An identical vase is illustrated in L. Weaver English Leadwork, Its Art & History, London 1909, p. 206, fig. 342.

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