An Impressive Italian white marble urn
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An Impressive Italian white marble urn

CIRCA 1850

細節
An Impressive Italian white marble urn
Circa 1850
Surmounted by a campana shaped body decorated with wild beasts and scrolling foliage, flanked by two fluted handles with Bachante masks and vine surround, on a gadrooned lower body, above a spreading pedestal with scrolling foliage and circular acanthus leaf surround on a square base
57½ in. (146 cm.) high; 47 in. (120 cm.) diameter
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

This great vase, with its satyr-masked handles and reed enrichments, evokes celebrated wine-krater vases such as the Medici and Borghese vases; while the form of its vine-wreathed bowl recalls the antique Bacchanalian vase named after the Earl of Warwick.