A PAIR OF ITALIAN ALABASTER VASES ON PEDESTALS
A PAIR OF ITALIAN ALABASTER VASES ON PEDESTALS

THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ITALIAN ALABASTER VASES ON PEDESTALS
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Each ovoid shaped urn carved in relief with Bacchic masks and above with a wreath of fruiting vines, below a long narrow neck flanked by two elaborate dragon-carved handles with scrolling acanthus, terminating at a circular lid surmounted by a fruiting acanthus finial, the circular base with an acanthus-carved socle, on a square pedestal
60 in. (152.5 cm.) high, excluding plinth (2)
Provenance
John Hobbs; Phillips, New York, 4 June 2002, lot 71.

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