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PROBABLY LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY
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AN ITALIAN ALABASTER LIDDED VASE
PROBABLY LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY
The ovoid acanthus-wrapped body carved with paired handles issuing from spirally-turned husks and surmounted by a domed lid with ball finial, above a circular stepped spreading foot, with restored break to the foot
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
PROBABLY LATE 18TH 19TH CENTURY
The ovoid acanthus-wrapped body carved with paired handles issuing from spirally-turned husks and surmounted by a domed lid with ball finial, above a circular stepped spreading foot, with restored break to the foot
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium
Sale room notice
This vase is based on a design by Edme Bouchardon (1698-1762), illustrated in his Second Livre de Vases, pl. 8., and published by Gabriel Huquier (1695-1772).