No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… 顯示更多

AN ITALIAN GIALLO TIGRATO, BRECCIA CORALLINA AND BRECCIA GIALLA MARBLE VASE AND A PAIR OF ITALIAN ROSSO ANTICO AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MODELS OF RECUMBENT LIONS

THE VASE LATE 18TH CENTURY, ORIGINALLY FROM A SURTOUT DE TABLE, THE LIONS LATE 18TH OR EARLY 19TH CENTURY

細節

AN ITALIAN GIALLO TIGRATO, BRECCIA CORALLINA AND BRECCIA GIALLA MARBLE VASE AND A PAIR OF ITALIAN ROSSO ANTICO AND VERDE ANTICO MARBLE MODELS OF RECUMBENT LIONS
The vase late 18th Century, originally from a surtout de table, the lions late 18th or early 19th Century
The cylindrical vase with gadrooned base surmounted by a fluted lid and flanked by arrow-head handles, on a waisted foot and a square stepped plinth, the reclining lions after the Capitoline models, with stylised manes, on an integrally carved base and a stepped recangular plinth, the arms of the vase possibly sheared off
the vase 9 in. (23 cm.) high; the lions 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; 6 in. (15 cm.) wide; 2¾ in. (7 cm.) deep

來源

The vase: Lord Norton, Fillongley House, Warwickshire

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

The French Academy in Rome played a leading role in the mid-18th Century revolution of taste that brought about a return to the 'antique' in architecture and the decorative arts. A marble garniture, comprising of replicas of celebrated antiquities, became an increasingly essential element of fashionable chimneypiece furnishings; and by the end of the Century had also spread to the dressing of grand banqueting tables. These lionesses, derived from the Capitoline basalt antiquities, and the golden vase, recalling the so-called 'Gaeta' wine-krater vase in Naples, provided appropriate bacchic subjects for handsome rooms of entertainment.