CIRCA 1900

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A LARGE ITALIAN WHITE MARBLE MODEL OF THE BORGHESE VASE
Circa 1900
After the Antique, together with a later associated marmo portoro veneered rectangular plinth
The urn -- 40in. (101.5cm.) high; the plinth -- 20in. (50.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The frieze depicts ecstatic bacchantes escorting a staggering Silenus. Discovered in the late 16th century, the vase was in the Borghese family's collection by 1645. It was brought from Prince Camillo Borghese in 1807 by his brother-in-law Napoleon Bonaparte and together with the Medici Vase is regarded as the most famous vase in antiquity. It is now in the Louvre.

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